bastard

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (RP) IPA: /ˈbɑːstə(r)d/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈbæstɝd/

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Old English, from Anglo-Norman bastard (“illegitimate child”), from Old Low Frankish *bāst (“marriage”) (compare Middle Dutch bast (“lust, heat”)) and derogatory suffix -ard, from Proto-Germanic *banstuz (“bond, tie”) (compare West Frisian boask, boaste (“marriage”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of Germanic custom but not sanctioned by the Church.

[edit] Noun

bastard (plural bastards)

  1. A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
  2. A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.
  3. (vulgar, referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. See asshole, sod.
    Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.
  4. (often humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
    lucky bastard, poor bastard
    Get over here, you old bastard!
  5. (informal) A child that does not know his or her father.
  6. (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
    Life can be a real bastard.
  7. A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
    The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.
  8. An intermediate-grade steel file; also : bastard file.
  9. A long, straight, narrow sword, with an undecorated hilt; a longsword.
  10. A type of simplified Gothic script used primarily in continental Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
  11. A sweet wine.
    • William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:
      We shall have all the world drink brown and white bastard.

[edit] Usage notes

  • (one born to unmarried parents): Not always regarded as a (religious) stigma (in 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.
  • The collective noun for bastards is a shower.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from bastard

[edit] Translations

person born to unmarried parents
mongrel
contemptible etc. person
humorously: man, fellow
informal: child that does not know his father
informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant
variation that is not genuine
intermediate-grade steel file
longsword — see longsword
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[edit] Adjective

bastard (comparative more bastard, superlative most bastard)

  1. of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)
  2. of or like a bastard (bad person)
  3. of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross
  4. of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)
  5. spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity: counterfeit, fake

[edit] Translations

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 genuinity of authenticity

[edit] Interjection

bastard!

  1. (rare, vulgar) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.

[edit] Translations

exclamation of dismay
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[edit] References

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Anglo-Norman

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Noun

bastard m. (oblique plural bastards, nominative singular bastards, nominative plural bastard)

  1. bastard (person born out of wedlock)

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old French bastard.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bastard/, [b̥aˈsd̥ɑːˀd̥] or IPA: /bastar/, [b̥aˈsd̥ɑːˀ]

[edit] Noun

bastard c. (singular definite bastarden, plural indefinite bastarder)

  1. crossbreed (an organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds)
  2. mongrel (someone of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog)
  3. (dated) bastard (person who was born out of wedlock)

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of bastard
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bastard bastarden bastarder bastarderne
genitive bastards bastardens bastarders bastardernes

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Old French

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin bastardus, of Germanic origin, possibly Frankish.

[edit] Noun

bastard m. (oblique plural bastards, nominative singular bastards, nominative plural bastard)

  1. bastard (person conceived to unmarried parents)
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Vos savez bien qe je sui de bas lin, [e]t sui bastars
      You know well that I am of low birth, and I am a bastard
  2. (pejorative, usually vocative) bastard (insult)

[edit] Adjective

bastard m.

  1. bastard (conceived by unmarried parents)

[edit] Declension

  Declension of bastard  
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject bastards bastarde bastard
Oblique bastard bastarde bastard
Plural Subject bastard bastardes bastard
Oblique bastards bastardes bastard

[edit] Descendants

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