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  1. Sep 28, 2017 · illegitimate. (adj.) 1530s, "born out of wedlock," formed in English (and replacing earlier illegitime, c. 1500), modeled on Late Latin illegitimus "not legitimate" (see il- + legitimate). Sense of "unauthorized, unwarranted" is from 1640s. Phrase illegitimi non carborundum, usually "translated" as "don't let the bastards grind you down," is ...

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  2. The earliest known use of the word illegitimate is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for illegitimate is from 1536, in Acts of Parliament. illegitimate is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin illegitimus, ‑ate suffix2. See etymology.

  3. Woodcut showing a hearing. In the law of England and Wales, a bastard (also historically called whoreson, although both of these terms have largely dropped from common usage) is an illegitimate child, one whose parents were not married at the time of their birth. Until 1926, there was no possibility of post factum legitimisation of a bastard.

  4. ILLEGITIMATE definition: 1. born of parents not married to each other 2. not legal or fair: 3. born of parents not married…. Learn more.

  5. All you need to know about "ILLEGITIMATE" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  6. 4 meanings: 1. born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of birth; bastard 2. forbidden by law; illegal;.... Click for more definitions.

  7. Sep 28, 2024 · illegitimate (plural illegitimates) A person born to unmarried parents. Synonyms: natural child, lovechild, bastard. 1966, Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea ‎ [10], New York: Norton, Part 2, p. 96: Her father and mine was a shameless man and of all his illegitimates I am the most unfortunate and poverty stricken.

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