ILLEGITIMATE


Meaning of ILLEGITIMATE in English

adj., n., & v.

adj. 1 (of a child) born of parents not married to each other. 2 not authorized by law; unlawful. 3 improper. 4 wrongly inferred. 5 physiologically abnormal.

n. a person whose position is illegitimate, esp. by birth.

v.tr. declare or pronounce illegitimate. illegitimacy n. illegitimately adv.

[ LL illegitimus, after LEGITIMATE ]

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