illegitimate
Meaning of illegitimate
noun
A person born to unmarried parents.
verb
To make illegitimate.
adjective- Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
- Not in accordance with the law.
- Not sanctioned by marriage.
- Not correctly deduced.
an illegitimate inference
- Not authorized by good usage; not genuine.
an illegitimate word
- Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
illegitimate union; illegitimate fertilization
Information about illegitimate
- The plural form of illegitimate is: illegitimates.
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Hyphenation of illegitimate
il-le-git-i-mate
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- illegitimate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
illegitimate synonyms
Meaning illicit:
illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful
Meaning bastard:
Meaning :
lovechild, invalid, illegal, illogical, spurious
illegitimate antonyms
Meaning :
valid, legal, logical, legitimate
Translation of illegitimate
- German: illegitim, unehelich, Bastard
- Italian: illegittimo
- French: illégitime, adultérin, naturel
- Spanish: ilegítimo
Words that rhyme with illegitimate
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