illegitimacyn.
/ɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsi/ The quality, state, or condition of being illegitimate; spec. bastardy.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > illegitimacy
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bastardy?a1400
bastardryc1425
bastardise1579
base1586
bastardism?1589
illegitimation1595
basenessa1616
bastardliness1647
illegitimateness1648
spuriousness1668
illegitimacy1680
1680 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 493 The King's declaration concerning the illegitimacie of the duke of Monmouth.
1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 5 The other suggestion concerning the illegitimacy of his birth, is equally false.
1864 J. Doran Their Majesties Serv. I. 80 His mother had addressed him..by an epithet referring to his illegitimacy.
1882–3 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. 2412/1 He..was fully aware of its illegitimacy..as doctrinal evidence.
1898 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 66 341/1 The [alleged] illegitimacy of [the expression] in our midst.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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