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bas·tard
I. \ˈbastə(r)d, ˈbaas-, ˈbais- also ˈbȧstəd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French bastart, bastard, from bast, perhaps meaning “barn” (in fils de bast bastard, perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic bansts barn) + -art, -ard -ard — more at boose
1. : one born out of wedlock : an illegitimate child — compare legitimate, nullius filius
2. : a sweet Spanish wine resembling muscatel that was especially popular in England in Elizabethan times
3. : something that is spurious, irregular, inferior, or of questionable origin
< the … residence is a bastard of the architectural era which followed the building of the Imperial Hotel — Hugh Byas >
4. : hybrid — now used chiefly to imply inferior quality or to indicate a product of chance interbreeding
5. : writing paper 16×20 inches in size
6. : an inferior brown sugar made from the syrups that have already had several boilings
7.
a. : an obnoxious or mean overbearing person — used as a generalized term of abuse
< they made him an officer and right away he became the biggest bastard you ever saw — T.O.Heggen >
b. : an unfortunate victim
< once the sequence of events was set going the poor bastard never had a chance — Samuel Yellen >
c. : fellow — used as a generalized term of approval
< the nicest thing an Aussie can call you is a bloody fine bastard — Life >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French bastart, bastard, from bastart, bastard, n.
1. : born out of wedlock : illegitimate
< the bastard son of a rich old noble — J.T.Farrell >
2. : of inferior breed or stock : mongrel, hybrid, lowbred
< bastard dogs >
< bastard oats >
3.
a. : of abnormal shape or irregular size : of unusual make or proportions
< a sash and door catalog with its fifty or more bastard sizes of doors and windows — R.E.Flanders >
— usually used in technical phrases
< bastard car >
< bastard connection >
< bastard bolt >
b. of printing type
(1) : having a face of one size and a body of another size
(2) : not cast on the point system
(3) : of a size arbitrarily classed as nonstandard
4. : having the appearance of : resembling to some extent : being an inferior kind of
< bastard sugar >
< bastard marble >
< bastard measles >
5. : lacking genuineness or authority : spurious, debased, false
< a bastard poetic form >
< houses of bastard design >
< the indiscriminate use of Greek letters by bastard groups not connected with the higher learning — C.W.Ferguson > |