(illegitimate)
21illegitimate — born outside wedlock This is a dog Latin word coined in an age when people worried a lot about paternity: A yearly average of 1,141 illegitimate children thrown back on their wretched mothers. (Mayhew, 1862) The meaning unlawful… …
22illegitimate — adjective 1 born to parents who are not married 2 not allowed or acceptable according to established rules or agreements: illegitimate use of public funds illegitimately adverb illegitimacy noun (U) …
23illegitimate — [ˌɪləˈdʒɪtəmət] adj an illegitimate child is born to parents who are not legally married …
24illegitimate — Manuahi, po o ole, mawaho o ke kānāwai, kāmeha i. Illegitimate child, keiki po o ole, keiki manuahi, keiki kāmeha i, hua hā ule; ua iki (offspring of chief and commoner) …
25illegitimate — /ilajitamat/ That which is contrary to law; term is usually applied to children born out of lawful wedlock. See illegitimate child …
26illegitimate — /ilajitamat/ That which is contrary to law; term is usually applied to children born out of lawful wedlock. See illegitimate child …
27illegitimate — Broadly, contrary to law. Usually understood in the narrower sense of being born out of wedlock. See illegitimate child …
28Illegitimate fertilization — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… …
29Illegitimate union — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… …
30illegitimate, legitimate — Illegitimate means illegal, and legitimate means the precise opposite, legal (See illegal). Illegitimate also has these specialized meanings: (1) born out of wedlock (born a bastard) ; (2) irregular (an illegitimate forward pass); (3) invalid (a… …
