bastardy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery. countable,uncountable
    — Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham. The Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:— There, at your meet'st advantage of the time, Infer the bastardy of Edward's children: Tell them how Edward put to death a citizen, Only for saying he would make his son Heir to the crown;—meaning, indeed, his house, Which, by the sign thereof, was termed so.

词形变化

bastardies plural

词源

From Middle English bastardie (also as bastardrie), a borrowing from Middle French bastardie. Equivalent to bastard + -y.
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