Dictionary Entry
illegitimate
illegitimate is a 12-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
- 2adjective
Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
- 3adjective
Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
- 4adjective
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
- 5transitive verb
To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
- 6noun
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- 7adjective
contrary to or forbidden by law
"an illegitimate seizure of power"
"illicit trade"
- 8adjective
of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
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