illegitimatize

[il-i-jit-uh-muh-tahyz]

il·le·git·i·ma·tize

[il-i-jit-uh-muh-tahyz]
verb (used with object), il·le·git·i·ma·tized, il·le·git·i·ma·tiz·ing.
to make illegitimate: The decree illegitimatized his heirs.
Also, especially British, il·le·git·i·ma·tise.


Origin:
1805–15; illegitimate + -ize
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Illegitimatize has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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