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BASTARDLY

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bas⋅tard⋅ly

  [bas-terd-lee]
–adjective
1. of no value; worthless.
2. spurious; counterfeit: a bastardly version of a text.
3. bastard; baseborn.
4. vicious or despicable.
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Origin:
1545–55; bastard + -ly
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bas·tard   (bās'tərd)   
n.  

  1. A child born out of wedlock.

  2. Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.

  3. Slang A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.

adj.  

  1. Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.

  2. Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.

  3. Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.


[Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Frisian bōst, marriage.]
bas'tard·ly adj.
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