bas|tard

bas|tard
bas|tard «BAS tuhrd», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a child whose parents are not legally married to each other; illegitimate child.
2. Figurative. anything inferior or not genuine, especially anything of bad or spurious origin.
3. Slang. an especially unpleasant, disliked, and usually unscrupulous, person.
–adj.
1. born of parents who are not married to each other; illegitimate.
2. Figurative. not genuine; inferior: »

Such poems by such poets should remove misconceptions about light verse as a kind of bastard poetry (Atlantic).

 SYNONYM(S): counterfeit, debased, adulterated, corrupt.
3. irregular or unusual in shape, size, style, or the like: »

a bastard wheel.

4. somewhat resembling, but not identical with (used in this sense especially in plant and animal names): »

bastard mahogany.

╂[< Old French bastard < (fils de) bast (son of) a packsaddle; bast, perhaps < Gothic bansti barn (hence, baseborn offspring)]
–bas´tard|ly, adjective.
Bas|tard «BAS tuhrd», noun.
(in South Africa) a mulatto; Griqua.
╂[< obsolete Afrikaans Bastaard (now Baster)]

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  • bas´tard|ly — bas|tard «BAS tuhrd», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a child whose parents are not legally married to each other; illegitimate child. 2. Figurative. anything inferior or not genuine, especially anything of bad or spurious origin. 3. Slang. an especially …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bas|tard — «BAS tuhrd», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a child whose parents are not legally married to each other; illegitimate child. 2. Figurative. anything inferior or not genuine, especially anything of bad or spurious origin. 3. Slang. an especially… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bas|tard|y — «BAS tuhr dee», noun, plural tard|ies. = illegitimacy. (Cf. ↑illegitimacy) …   Useful english dictionary

  • bas´tard|i|za´tion — bas|tard|ize «BAS tuhr dyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make degenerate; debase: »Spanish craft has been bastardized by generations of artisans who each added their own elaborations (Wall Street Journal). 2. to declare or pronounce to be a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bas|tard|ize — «BAS tuhr dyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make degenerate; debase: »Spanish craft has been bastardized by generations of artisans who each added their own elaborations (Wall Street Journal). 2. to declare or pronounce to be a bastard. –v.i …   Useful english dictionary

  • bas·tard — /ˈbæstɚd, Brit ˈbɑːstəd/ noun, pl tards [count] 1 informal 1 a offensive : a very bad or unpleasant man : a man who you strongly dislike or hate You dirty bastard! 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • bas·tard·ise — ↑bastardize …   Useful english dictionary

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