illegitimacy
noun
the state or quality of being illegitimate.
illegitimacies
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pluralof illegitimacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You never objected to any of the illegitimacies that have preceded FRITZ;—why then should you begin now?
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 by Various
I asked him—a Scotch marriage, or some of those crooked wed-locks on which they found bigamies and illegitimacies.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
