[Vocab] Bastard

[Daniel M. Eldridge]

bas·tard (băs'tərd)
 n.

   1. A child born out of wedlock.
   2. Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.
   3. Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.

 adj.

   1. Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.
   2. Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.
   3. Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.

 [Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to
 Old Frisian bōst, marriage.]
 bastardly bas'tard·ly adj.
 Source: http://www.answers.com/bastard&r=67

 See also:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard
 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bastard

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