bastard+Latin

  • 1bastard — ► NOUN 1) archaic or derogatory an illegitimate person. 2) informal an unpleasant or despicable person. 3) informal a person of a specified kind: the poor bastard. ► ADJECTIVE 1) archaic or derogatory illegitimate. 2) no longer in its pure or… …

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  • 2bastard — [13] The idea underlying the word bastard appears to be that of a child born of an impromptu sexual encounter on an improvised bed, for it seems to echo Old French fils de bast, literally ‘packsaddle son’, that is, one conceived on a packsaddle… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 3bastard — [13] The idea underlying the word bastard appears to be that of a child born of an impromptu sexual encounter on an improvised bed, for it seems to echo Old French fils de bast, literally ‘packsaddle son’, that is, one conceived on a packsaddle… …

    Word origins

  • 4bastard — bas|tard S3 [ˈba:stəd, ˈbæ US ˈbæstərd] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum saddle for carrying bags ; probably from the idea of a child produced as a result of sex with a traveler] 1.) taboo a …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5bastard — [ bα:stəd, bast ] noun 1》 archaic or derogatory an illegitimate person. 2》 informal an unpleasant or despicable person.     ↘Brit. a person of a specified kind: you lucky bastard!     ↘a difficult or awkward situation or device. adjective 1》… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 6bastard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. illegitimate [child], love child; sham, counterfeit, fraud. adj. illegitimate, natural, misgotten; false, spurious; mongrel, hybrid. See impurity, deception, posterity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Born …

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  • 7Memento Mori (The Bastard Fairies album) — Memento Mori Studio album by The Bastard Fairies Released …

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  • 8fuck — (v.) until recently a difficult word to trace, in part because it was taboo to the editors of the original OED when the F volume was compiled, 1893 97. Written form only attested from early 16c. OED 2nd edition cites 1503, in the form fukkit;… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 9italian — I. a. Of Italy. II. n. 1. Native of Italy. 2. Language of Italy, Italian language, bastard Latin …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 10Lawyer — Lawyers redirects here. For the television series, see The Lawyers. For other uses, see Lawyer (disambiguation). Lawyer 19th century painting of lawyers, by French artist Honoré Daumier Occupation Names …

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