illegitimate

Speech parts

1. illegitimate - Noun

2. illegitimate - Adjective

3. illegitimate - Verb

4. illegitimate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.

To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

illicit unlawful bastard false illegal invalid improper fraudulent spurious outlaw dishonest outlawed unauthorized extramarital love child
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Antonyms

legitimate cathedral just due right good
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Hypernyms

issue offspring progeny

Phrases with the word

born illegitimate illegitimate offspring fighter against illegitimate government illegitimate son illegitimate state illegitimate court

Derivatives

illegitimated illegitimating

Examples

an illegitimate seizure of power Source: Internet

illicit trade Source: Internet

an outlaw strike Source: Internet

unlawful measures Source: Internet

AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has described as “illegitimate” a royal family imbizo held at Bumbane Great Place earlier on Friday which resolved he be removed as king of AbaThembu and replaced by his son Azenathi. Source: Internet

According to a new edition of Severn's letters and memoirs, Severn fathered an illegitimate child named Henry (b. 31 Aug 1819) about a year before leaving England for Italy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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