Definitions for illegitimate

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illegitimate il·le·git·i·mate

Spelling: [adjective, noun il-i-jit-uh-mit; verb il-i-

IPA: /adjective, noun ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; verb ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt/

Illegitimate is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 363 anagrams from letters in illegitimate (aeegiiillmtt).

Definitions for illegitimate

adjective

1. born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock:
2. not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom.
3. unlawful; illegal:
4. irregular; not in good usage.
5. Logic. not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.
6. Obsolete. of or relating to stage plays in which musical numbers were inserted because of laws that gave only a few theaters the exclusive right to produce straight dramas. acting in or producing such productions.

noun

1. a person recognized or looked upon as illegitimate.

verb (used with object)

1. to declare illegitimate.

Origin of illegitimate

First recorded in 1530-40; il-² + legitimate

Examples for illegitimate

Germany is not illegitimate because its immigration policy favors members of a dominant ethnic group.

The fate of illegitimate children who are "farmed out" is still worse.

But a large majority also view the government in Kiev as illegitimate.

Girls who have illegitimate children often lose their situations and their honor.

I am haunted by the thought of that illegitimate child of my husband's.

You should be so proud of yourself working for an illegitimate rag like the Daily Beast.

The Latin is illegitimate; and he infers that, therefore, the English is the same.

She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.

Britain is not illegitimate because it has a cross on its flag and an Anglican head of a state.

Who he is no one exactly knows; some say an illegitimate son of Beckendorff.