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BASTARD
bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard
(adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
bastard, mongrel
(noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; “the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic”
asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson
(noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bastard (plural Bastards)
A surname.
Anagrams
• Barstad, batards, tabards
Etymology
Noun
bastard (plural bastards)
A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
Synonyms: love-child, born in the vestry, illegitimate, Thesaurus:bastard
A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
(vulgar or pejorative, typically, referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
Synonyms: son of a bitch, arsehole, asshole, Thesaurus:git, Thesaurus:jerk
(often, humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
(often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
(informal) A child who does not know his or her father.
(informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.
A sweet wine.
A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
A large mould for straining sugar.
A writing paper of a particular size.
(UK, politics, pejorative) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
Usage notes
• (one born to unmarried parents): Not always regarded as a stigma (though it is one in e.g. canon law, prohibitive for clerical office without papal indult): Norman duke William, the Conqueror of England, is referred to in state documents as "William the Bastard"; a Burgundian prince was even officially styled Great Bastard of Burgundy.
Antonyms
• legitimate
Adjective
bastard (comparative more bastard, superlative most bastard)
Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
Of or like a bastard (bad person).
Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
(UK, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
(printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
(theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
Interjection
bastard!
(rare) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
Verb
bastard (third-person singular simple present bastards, present participle bastarding, simple past and past participle bastarded)
(obsolete) To bastardize.
Anagrams
• Barstad, batards, tabards
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"tard, n. Etym: [OF. bastard, bastart, F. b, prob. fr. OF. bast, F. b, a packsaddle used as a bed by the muleteers (fr. LL. bastum) + -ard. OF. fils de bast son of the packsaddle; as the muleteers were accustomed to use their saddles for beds in the inns. See Cervantes, "Don Quixote," chap. 16; and cf.G. bankert, fr. bank bench.]
1. A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
Note: By the civil and canon laws, and by the laws of many of the United States, a bastard becomes a legitimate child by the intermarriage of the parents at any subsequent time. But by those of England, and of some states of the United States, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. Kent. Blackstone.
2. (Sugar Refining) (a) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that (b) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
3. A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. Shak.
4. A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
Bas"tard, a.
1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices. Barrow.
3. Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. [Obs.]
4. (Print.)
Definition: Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book. Bastard ashlar (Arch.), stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry.
– Bastard file, a file intermediate between the coarsest and the second cut.
– Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size than the body; e.g., a nonpareil face on a brevier body.
– Bastard wing (Zoöl.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.
Bas"tard, v. t.
Definition: To bastardize. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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