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 illegitimately

Should one happen to be illegitimately born, he is not eligible to a trade, though he even be holy.

Epistle Sermons, Vol. II |Martin Luther
The English law has always looked with great disfavor on the illegitimately born child.

Women's Wild Oats |C. Gasquoine Hartley
The will, which is illegitimately stretched to include feeling, is treated as the creator as well as the discerner of reality.

Outspoken Essays |William Ralph Inge
In many ways the position of the illegitimately born child, always sufficiently bad, has been rendered worse under war conditions.

Women's Wild Oats |C. Gasquoine Hartley

“Love” from any other source is illegitimately wearing a stolen name.

My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year |John Henry Jowett

British Dictionary definitions for illegitimately

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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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 illegitimately

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adjective

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