Uk English Meaning of illegitimate
illegitimate
Other Uk English words related to illegitimate
Nearest Words of illegitimate
- illegitimate child => Illegitimate child
- illegitimate enterprise => illegitimate enterprise
- illegitimated => illegitimate
- illegitimately => illegitimately
- illegitimating => Illegitimising
- illegitimation => illegitimation
- illegitimatize => Illegitimize
- ill-equipped => Ill-equipped
- illesive => unscathed
- illeviable => Unleviable
Definitions and Meaning of illegitimate in English
illegitimate (n)
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
illegitimate (s)
contrary to or forbidden by law
illegitimate (a)
of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
illegitimate (a.)
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.
illegitimate (v. t.)
To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
FAQs About the word illegitimate
illegitimate
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents, contrary to or forbidden by law, of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawfulNot according to law; not
adopted,ill-conceived,natural,orphaned,spurious,supposed,baseborn,fatherless,motherless,unfathered
legitimate
illegitimacy => illegitimate, illegibly => illegibly, illegible => illegible, illegibility => Illegibility, illegalness => unlawfulness,
