bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
(noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bastardy (countable and uncountable, plural bastardies)
(legal) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman or as the fruit of adultery.
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"tar*dy, n.
1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
2. The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.