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Antonyms for illegitimate

Grammar : Adj
Spell : adjective, noun il-i-jit-uh-mit; verb il-i-jit-uh-meyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; verb ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt

Definition of illegitimate

Origin :
  • 1530s, "born out of wedlock," formed in English (and replacing earlier illegitime, c.1500), modeled on Latin illegitimus "not legitimate" (see il- + legitimate). Sense of "unauthorized, unwarranted" is from 1640s. Phrase illegitimi non carborundum, usually "translated" as "don't let the bastards grind you down," is fake Latin (by 1965, said to date from c.1939) (Carborundum was a brand of abrasives).
  • adj not legal
Example sentences :
  • Who he is no one exactly knows; some say an illegitimate son of Beckendorff.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • The fate of illegitimate children who are "farmed out" is still worse.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Girls who have illegitimate children often lose their situations and their honor.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • I am haunted by the thought of that illegitimate child of my husband's.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • The Latin is illegitimate; and he infers that, therefore, the English is the same.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • He had been content to take Percy, nameless and illegitimate.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • In Spain the illegitimate birth-rate is the highest of any country in Europe.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • About 50,000 illegitimate children are born yearly in the United Kingdom.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • In general, the illegitimate rate is twice as great as the legitimate.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • I am not barren, I am not illegitimate, nor come of a low race.
  • Extract from : « Barn and the Pyrenees » by Louisa Stuart Costello

Synonyms for illegitimate

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