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单词 bastardliness
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bastardlinessn.

Brit. /ˈbɑːstədlɪnᵻs/, /ˈbastədlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbæstərdlinᵻs/
Forms: 1600s bastardlinesse, 1600s 1900s– bastardliness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bastardly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < bastardly adj. + -ness suffix.
1. Obsolete. rare. The state or condition of being illegitimate; = bastardy n. 1a.In quot. figurative.
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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.
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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).
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