bastardy
pronunciation
How to pronounce bastardy in British English:
UK ['bɑːstədɪ]
How to pronounce bastardy in American English:
US [ 'bæstədi]
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- Noun:
- the status of being born to parents who were not married
Word Origin
- bastardy (n.)
- early 14c., "condition of illegitimacy," from Anglo-French and Old French bastardie, from bastard (see bastard). As "begetting of bastards, fornication" from 1570s.