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illegitimate definition
illegitimate |
Grep of noun illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate child illegitimate enterprise Overview of noun illegitimate The noun illegitimate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson -- (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents) Overview of adj illegitimate The adj illegitimate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful -- (contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures") 2. illegitimate -- (of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful) Antonyms of adj illegitimate 2 senses of illegitimate Sense 1 illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(postnominal), outlawed, unlawful INDIRECT (VIA illegal) -> legal Sense 2 illegitimate (vs. legitimate) legitimate (vs. illegitimate) => lawfully-begotten => morganatic, left-handed => true(postnominal), lawful, rightful(postnominal) Similarity of adj illegitimate 2 senses of illegitimate Sense 1 illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(postnominal), outlawed, unlawful => illegal (vs. legal) Sense 2 illegitimate (vs. legitimate) => adulterine => base, baseborn => bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious => fatherless => left-handed => unlawful, wrongful Also See-> illegal#1; invalid#1; unauthorized#1, unauthorised#1 Attributes of adj illegitimate Familiarity of adj illegitimate illegitimate used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj illegitimate illegitimate Overview of noun illegitimate The noun illegitimate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson -- (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents) Overview of adj illegitimate The adj illegitimate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful -- (contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures") 2. illegitimate -- (of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful)
illegitimate definition
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