Legitimate vs Bastard - What's the difference?
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In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
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Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
* (rfdate) Macaulay
Authentic, real, genuine.
(senseid)Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Relating to hereditary rights.
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.
(vulgar, referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. See asshole, sod.
:: "Oh my God, they killed Kenny! "You bastards !"
(often, humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
(often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
(informal) A child who does not know his or her father.
(informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.
A sweet wine.
* William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure :
A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
A large mould for straining sugar.
A writing paper of a particular size.
of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)
of or like a bastard (bad person)
of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross
of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)
spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake
* Barrow
(UK, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
(printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
(rare, vulgar) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
* 2001 , (Stephen King), “(The Death of Jack Hamilton)”, in (w, Everything's Eventual) , Simon and Schuster (2007), ISBN 978-1-4165-4985-7,
* 2004 , Cecelia Ahern, PS, I Love You (novel), Hyperion, ISBN 978-1-4013-0090-6,
* 2006 , Emily Franklin, Love from London , Penguin, ISBN 978-0-451-21773-8,
English swear words
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As an adjective legitimate
is in accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.As a verb legitimate
is to make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.As a noun bastard is
bastard (a person born to unmarried parents; also used as an insult).legitimate
English
Etymology 1
From . Originally "lawfully begotten," from (etyl) legitimer and directly fromAdjective
(en adjective)- legitimate''' reasoning; a '''legitimate standard or method
- Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.
- legitimate''' poems of Chaucer; '''legitimate inscriptions
Synonyms
(checksyns) * lawful, legal, rightfulAntonyms
* illegitimate, falseEtymology 2
Legal Latin, from legitimatus, past participle of (legitimo). See above for antecedentsVerb
(legitimat)Usage notes
* Forms of (legitimize) are about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US. * Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs (legitimize) and (legitimise) in the UK combined.Synonyms
* legitimizeDerived terms
* delegitimateExternal links
* ----bastard
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.
- 1997 , television program
- I'll tell you one thing, you prick bastard , you know what I really hope for, pray for, and wish for?
- This makes them realize they're human and maybe makes them less likely to be insensitive to the people they have to come in contact with because if they act too much like bastards , sooner or later someone is going to pop them one.
- Jesus you are a cold bastard , you know that?
- lucky bastard''', poor '''bastard
- Get over here, you old bastard !
- Poor bastard , I feel so sorry for him.
- These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes.
- Life can be a real bastard .
- The architecture was a kind of bastard , suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.
- We shall have all the world drink brown and white bastard .
Usage notes
* (one born to unmarried parents) Not always regarded as a (religious) stigma (in canon law prohibitive for clerical office without papal indult): Norman duke William, the Conqueror of England, is referred to in state documents as "William the Bastard"; a Burgundian prince was even officially styled Great Bastard of Burgundy.Synonyms
* (illegitimate descendant): love-child, born in the vestry * (term of abuse): son of a bitch; arsehole, assholeDerived terms
(terms derived from bastard) * * * bastardise, bastardize * bastardisation, bastardization * * * * * * * *Adjective
(en adjective)- a bastard''' musket; a '''bastard culverin
- that bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices
- I've got a bastard headache.
Interjection
(en-interj)!page 90:
- Jack says, “Oh! Bastard ! I’m hit!” That bullet had to have come in the busted back window and how it missed Johnnie to hit Jack I don’t know.
page 7:
- “Yes, I’m hhhhowwwwwwcch!” she yelped as she stubbed her toe against the bedpost. “Shit, shit, fuck, bastard , shit, crap!”
page 212:
- “Isn’t she lovely?” Clem asks, hopefully rhetorically. “Oh, bastard . I’ve got to go—that’s my signal. ”