illegitimate

[ adjective, noun il-i-jit-uh-mit; verb il-i-jit-uh-meyt ]

/ adjective, noun ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; verb ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt /

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adjective

born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.

not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom.

unlawful; illegal: an illegitimate action.

irregular; not in good usage.

Logic. not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.

Obsolete. (formerly, in London)

of or relating to stage plays in which musical numbers were inserted because of laws that gave only a few theaters the exclusive right to produce straight dramas.
acting in or producing such productions.

noun

a person recognized or looked upon as illegitimate.

verb (used with object), il·le·git·i·mat·ed, il·le·git·i·mat·ing.

to declare illegitimate.

Origin of illegitimate

First recorded in 1530–40; il-² + legitimate

SYNONYMS FOR illegitimate

2, 3 See illegal.

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OTHER WORDS FROM illegitimate

il·le·git·i·mate·ly, adverb il·le·git·i·mate·ness, il·le·git·i·ma·tion, noun

Words nearby illegitimate

illegality, illegalize, illegible, illegit, illegitimacy, illegitimate, illegitimatize, illegitimize, illiberal, illich, illicit

Example sentences from the Web for illegitimate

She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.

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You should be so proud of yourself working for an illegitimate rag like the Daily Beast.

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But a large majority also view the government in Kiev as illegitimate.

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Britain is not illegitimate because it has a cross on its flag and an Anglican head of a state.

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Germany is not illegitimate because its immigration policy favors members of a dominant ethnic group.

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If she has an illegitimate child, it is given away to somebody else, if possible.

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The family was descended from a Revolutionary soldier, who had an illegitimate feeble-minded son by an imbecile young woman.

Society |Henry Kalloch Rowe
To do so to the illegitimate offspring of the King, and on occasions of ceremony, appeared to them monstrous.

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Now there are two senses in which we might ask the question, what reason is, one of which is legitimate, the other illegitimate.

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He seduced his own daughter; and gave notorious evidence of the profligacy of his life by five illegitimate children.

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British Dictionary definitions for illegitimate

illegitimate

/ (ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt) /

adjective

born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of birth; bastard

forbidden by law; illegal; unlawful

contrary to logic; incorrectly reasoned

noun

an illegitimate person; bastard

Derived forms of illegitimate

illegitimacy or illegitimateness, noun illegitimately, adverb

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illegitimate

adjective

noun

verb (used with object), il·le·git·i·mat·ed, il·le·git·i·mat·ing.

Origin of illegitimate

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British Dictionary definitions for illegitimate

adjective

noun

Derived forms of illegitimate

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illegitimate

adjective

noun

verb (used with object), il·le·git·i·mat·ed, il·le·git·i·mat·ing.

Origin of illegitimate

SYNONYMS FOR illegitimate

OTHER WORDS FROM illegitimate

Words nearby illegitimate

Words related to illegitimate

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