bastardie

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bastardy, bastardry, bastardrie

Etymology

From Middle French bastardie; equivalent to bastard +‎ -ie. Some forms are remodelled as bastard +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbastarˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈbastardiː(ə)/, /ˈbastardriː(ə)/

Noun

bastardie (uncountable) (Late Middle English)

1. bastardy (quality of being a bastard, of being born out of wedlock)

Descendants

• English: bastardy, bastardry

References

• “bastardīe, -rīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Middle French

Noun

bastardie f (plural bastardies)

1. bastardy (quality of being a bastard, of being born out of wedlock)