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Bastard
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Meaning
Noun
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A person who
was born
out of wedlock
, and hence often considered an
illegitimate
descendant.
●
A
mongrel
(biological
cross
between different
breeds
,
groups
or varieties).
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A
contemptible
,
inconsiderate
,
overly
or
arrogantly
rude
or
spiteful
person.
●
A
man
, a
fellow
, a
male
friend.
●
A person
deserving
of pity.
●
A
child
who does not know their father.
●
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.
●
A
bastard
file.
●
A
sweet
wine.
●
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.
Adj
●
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.
Imperfect; not spoken or
written
well or in the
classical
style
; broken.
●
Used in the
vernacular name
of a
species
to
indicate
that it is
similar
in some
way to
another
species
, often (but not always) one of another genus.
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In British English:
Very unpleasant.
●
In Printing:
Abbreviated, as the
half title
in a
page
preceding
the
full
title page
of a book.
●
Consisting of one
predominant
color
blended
with small
amounts
of
complementary color
; used to
replicate
natural light
because of their
warmer
appearance.
Intj
●
Exclamation of strong
dismay
or strong
sense
of being upset.
Verb
●
To bastardize.
Name
●
A
surname
from Old French.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
bastard
English
bastard
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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