illegitimate as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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illegitimate
noun
1 illegitimate
The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.
synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson.
Dutch: straathond, liefdeskind, onecht kind, mormel, bastaard, buitenechtelijk kind, onwettig kind
Polish: bękart
adjective
1 illegitimate
Contrary to or forbidden by law:
— An illegitimate seizure of power.
synonyms: illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful.
Roget 925:
undue;
unlawful
etc.
(illegal)
964;
unconstitutional;
illicit;
unauthorized,
unwarranted,
disallowed,
unallowed†,
unsanctioned,
unjustified;
unentitled†,
disentitled,
unqualified,
disqualified;
unprivileged,
unchartered.
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious,
false;
usurped.
tortious [Law].
undeserved,
unmerited,
unearned;
unfulfilled.
forfeited,
disfranchised.
improper;
unmeet,
unfit,
unbefitting,
unseemly;
unbecoming,
misbecoming†;
seemless†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
not the thing,
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be.
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Roget 964:
illegal
[contrary to law],
unlawful,
illegitimate;
not allowed,
prohibited
etc.
761;
illicit,
contraband;
actionable.
unwarranted,
unwarrantable;
unauthorized;
informal,
unofficial;
injudicial†,
extrajudicial.
lawless,
arbitrary;
despotic,
despotical†;
corrupt,
summary,
irresponsible;
unanswerable,
unaccountable.
[of invalid or expired law]
expired,
invalid;
unchartered,
unconstitutional;
null and void;
a dead letter.
[in absence of law]
lawless,
unregulated
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Roget 545:
deceived
etc.
v.;
deceiving
&c.;
cunning
etc.
702;
prestigious†,
prestigiatory†;
deceptive,
deceptious†;
deceitful,
covinous†;
delusive,
delusory;
illusive,
illusory;
elusive,
insidious,
ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
untrue
etc.
546;
mock,
sham,
make-believe,
counterfeit,
snide [Slang],
pseudo,
spurious,
supposititious,
so-called,
pretended,
feigned,
trumped up,
bogus,
scamped,
fraudulent,
tricky,
factitious bastard;
surreptitious,
illegitimate,
contraband,
adulterated,
sophisticated;
unsound,
rotten at the core;
colorable;
disguised;
meretricious,
tinsel,
pinchbeck,
plated;
catchpenny;
Brummagem.
artificial,
synthetic,
ersatz [G.];
simulated
etc.
544.
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Polish: bezprawny
2 illegitimate
Of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful.
Polish: nieślubny
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