Definition of Illegitimate

  • (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
  • (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
  • (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
  • (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
  • (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

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Homophones of Illegitimate


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