adulterine

[ uh-duhl-tuh-reen, -tuh-rahyn ]

adjective

1. characterized by adulteration; spurious.
2. born of adultery.
3. of or involving adultery.

adulterine

/ əˈdʌltərɪn; -ˌriːn; -ˌraɪn /

adjective

1. of or made by adulteration; fake
2. conceived in adultery

   an adulterine child

Word History and Origins

Origin of adulterine¹

1535–45; < Latin adulterīnus, equivalent to adulter adulterer, counterfeiter ( adulterer ) + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Under the treaty of Wallingford one thousand one hundred and fifteen adulterine castles were to be razed.

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He even contemplated securing the throne to them, though they were thus doubly adulterine.

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Abrogation of every law establishing the civil inferiority of women and natural or adulterine children.

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He sent Stephen's mercenaries over the sea and (p. 140) completed the destruction of the 'adulterine castles.'

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No attempt, however, seems to have been made forcibly to dissolve the adulterine gilds.

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Related Words

• cheating
• untrue