bastardy

[ bas-ter-dee ]
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noun
  1. the state or condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy.

  2. the act of begetting a bastard.

Origin of bastardy

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French bastardie.See bastard, -y3

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British Dictionary definitions for bastardy

bastardy

/ (ˈbɑːstədɪ, ˈbæs-) /


noun
  1. archaic the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy

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