bastardy
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English bastardie (also as bastardrie), a borrowing from Middle French bastardie. Equivalent to bastard + -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bastardy (countable and uncountable, plural bastardies)
- (law) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
- 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the condition of being illegitimate (born to an unmarried woman and man or as the result of adultery)
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See also
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bastardy
- Alternative form of bastardie
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