单词 | bastardized |
释义 | bastardizedadj. 1. Not pure or genuine; debased, degenerate, corrupt, adulterated. In later use esp. designating a form or version of something which is the result of the introduction of new or incompatible elements. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > declining or deteriorating > in character or quality infecta1387 palledc1390 rustyc1390 degeneratea1513 withered1561 bastardlike1577 degenerated1581 degenerous1600 bastardized1611 degenerating1611 wormy1611 autumnal1616 blood-shrunk1634 degenered1637 reduced1689 lowered1730 eviscerated1858 labefact1874 disbloomed- 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Abastardi..sophisticated, bastardized. 1681 W. Denton Jus Cæsaris 194 The now degenerate, and Bastardized Romanists, who tho of Rome, yet are not true Romanists indeed. 1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) viii. 311 Fewer bastardised and deteriorated offspring would be produced. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 62 Abbreviated and bastardised languages. 1971 ‘A. Hall’ Warsaw Document xvii. 213 It was probably kaminari, a bastardized form of kung fu. 2014 N.Y. Mag. 17 Nov. 67/1 The sesame seeds made the dish taste a little too much like some strange bastardized version of Chinese shrimp toast. 2. Of a person: that has been rendered or declared illegitimate. rare. ΚΠ 1791 H. Macleod Casus Principis vi. 57 Henry VIII. never bestowed the Principality on his son, and far less on any of his bastardized daughters. 1872 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 406/2 Bereft husbands and discarded wives and bastardized children are the victims of a heartless persecution. 2014 Irish Independent (Nexis) 24 May 13 The man said he had something important to tell me, and then announced, ‘I'm the bastardised son of Lord Lucan.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1611 |
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