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noun
1.
a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
2.
Slang.
a.
a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person: Some bastard slashed the tires on my car.
b.
a person, especially a man: The poor bastard broke his leg.
3.
something irregular, inferior, spurious, or unusual.
adjective
5.
illegitimate in birth.
6.
spurious; not genuine; false: The architecture was bastard Gothic.
7.
of abnormal or irregular shape or size; of unusual make or proportions: bastard quartz; bastard mahogany.
8.
having the appearance of; resembling in some degree: a bastard Michelangelo; bastard emeralds.
9.
Printing. (of a character) not of the font in which it is used or found.
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Bastards
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French bastard, Medieval Latin bastardus (from 11th century), perhaps < Germanic (Ingvaeonic) *bāst-, presumed variant of *bōst- marriage + Old French -ard -ard, taken as signifying the offspring of a polygynous marriage to a woman of lower status, a pagan tradition not sanctioned by the church; compare Old Frisian bost marriage < Germanic *bandstu-, a noun derivative of Indo-European *bhendh- bind; the traditional explanation of Old French bastard as derivative of fils de bast “child of a packsaddle” is doubtful on chronological and geographical grounds
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French bastard, Medieval Latin bastardus (from 11th century), perhaps < Germanic (Ingvaeonic) *bāst-, presumed variant of *bōst- marriage + Old French -ard -ard, taken as signifying the offspring of a polygynous marriage to a woman of lower status, a pagan tradition not sanctioned by the church; compare Old Frisian bost marriage < Germanic *bandstu-, a noun derivative of Indo-European *bhendh- bind; the traditional explanation of Old French bastard as derivative of fils de bast “child of a packsaddle” is doubtful on chronological and geographical grounds
Synonyms
6. fake, imitation, imperfect, sham, irregular, phony.
6. fake, imitation, imperfect, sham, irregular, phony.
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Word Origin & History
bastard
early 13c., "illegitimate child," from O.Fr. bastard (11c., Mod.Fr. bâtard), "acknowledged child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife," probably from fils de bast "packsaddle son," meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (saddles often doubled as beds while traveling), with pejorative
EXPANDending -art (see -ard). Alternative possibly is that the word is from P.Gmc. *banstiz "barn," equally suggestive of low origin. Not always regarded as a stigma; the Conqueror is referred to in state documents as "William the Bastard." Figurative sense is from 1550s; use as a vulgar term of abuse for a man is attested from 1830.
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