单词 | bastard |
释义 | bastard[ bas-terd ] / ˈbæs tərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bastard ON THESAURUS.COM nounadjectiveOrigin of bastard1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-French bastard,Medieval Latin bastardus (from 11th century), perhaps <Germanic (Ingvaeonic) *bāst-, presumed variant of *bōst- marriage + Old French -ard-ard, taken as signifying the offspring of a polygynous marriage to a woman of lower status, a pagan tradition not sanctioned by the church; compare Old Frisian bost marriage <Germanic *bandstu-, a noun derivative of Indo-European *bhendh-bind; the traditional explanation of Old French bastard as derivative of fils de bast “child of a packsaddle” is doubtful on chronological and geographical grounds SYNONYMS FOR bastard6 fake, imitation, imperfect, sham, irregular, phony. SEE SYNONYMS FOR bastard ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby bastardBass Strait, bass viol, basswood, bast, basta, bastard, bastard amber, bastard culverin, bastard cut, bastard eigne, bastard file Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bastardbastard / (ˈbɑːstəd, ˈbæs-) / nounadjective (prenominal)Derived forms of bastardbastardly, adjectiveWord Origin for bastardC13: from Old French bastart, perhaps from bast in the phrase fils de bast son of the packsaddle (that is, of an unlawful and not the marriage bed), from Medieval Latin bastum packsaddle, of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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