bastard

Definitions


[ˈbɑːstəd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an unpleasant or despicable person
(e.g: he lied to me, the bastard!)

- a person born of parents not married to each other


Phrases:
- as happy as a bastard on Father's Day
- keep the bastards honest

Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum ‘packsaddle’; compare with Old French fils de bast, ‘packsaddle son’ (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning)


[ˈbɑːstəd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased
(e.g: a bastard Darwinism)

- born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate
(e.g: a bastard child)


Phrases:
- as happy as a bastard on Father's Day
- keep the bastards honest

Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum ‘packsaddle’; compare with Old French fils de bast, ‘packsaddle son’ (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning)




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