Definitions for illegitimacy

illegitimacy il·le·git·i·ma·cy

Spelling: [il-i-jit-uh-muh-see]
IPA: /ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mə si/

Illegitimacy is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 545 anagrams from letters in illegitimacy (acegiiillmty).

Definitions for illegitimacy

noun

  1. the state or quality of being illegitimate.

Origin of illegitimacy

First recorded in 1670-80; illegitim(ate) + -acy

Examples for illegitimacy

So, Holbrooke went to Kabul and blasted Karzai for the corruption, inefficiency, and illegitimacy of his government.

There is a sin of illegitimacy, which, indeed, I would emphasize as strongly as I am able.

They play to chords of resentment and cast a veneer of illegitimacy over actions and lives lived honorably.

Even if illegitimacy were the only reason, that would not concern the philologist.

The illegitimacy of this procedure has already been pointed out.

But to deduce from this a fragility, if not illegitimacy, in the NTC makes no sense.

It does not abdicate, when men allege the illegitimacy of its authority.

illegitimacy is, however, the larger problem in rural amentia.

Pheu Thai and smaller parties could still pass laws, but those could be subject to charges of “illegitimacy” later.

illegitimacy seems not to have been a matter of the slightest consequence.

Word Value for illegitimacy
Scrable

20

Words with friends

24

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