illegitimate

illegitimate has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• a.. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
• a.. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
• a.. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
• a.. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
• v. t.. To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
• n.. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
• a.. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
• a.. of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful