mamzer

or mom·ser, mom·zer

[ mom-zer ]

noun

1. bastard; illegitimate child.
2. Slang. rascal.
3. a child born of a marriage forbidden in Judaism.

mamzer

/ ˈmɑmzə /

noun

1. See bastard
   a Yiddish slang word for bastard
2. Judaism a child of an incestuous or adulterous union

Word History and Origins

Origin of mamzer¹

1555–65; < Yiddish < Hebrew mamzēr

Word History and Origins

Origin of mamzer¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

By contrast, Anglophones have been using words like schmuck, putz, mamzer, and gonif for only a century or so.

From The Daily Beast

He is wise enough, the Mamzer, and so is his father Belial, to whom he will go home some day.

From Project Gutenberg