单词 | bastardliness |
释义 | bastardlinessn.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > illegitimacy bastc1325 bastardy?a1400 bastardryc1425 bastardise1579 base1586 bastardism?1589 illegitimation1595 basenessa1616 bastardliness1647 illegitimateness1648 spuriousness1668 illegitimacy1680 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. viii. 8) 159 The naturalnesse, legitimatenesse, opposed to bastardlinesse. 2. colloquial. The character or quality of being bastardly (bastardly adj. 5); wilfully cruel, callous, or unfeeling behaviour or conduct. ΚΠ 1948 B. Hughes Magic Penny vii. 166 The world took..the great play; and only years later did scholars..ask was your wife happy and did you pay your debts. If I produce more plays, thought Dick, I will justify my bastardliness. 2017 London Evening Standard (Nexis) 15 Sept. 45 Her ex-husband..keeps sending estate agents to appraise her house, which takes bastardliness to new levels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1647 |
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