illegitimate

One entry found for illegitimate.

Main Entry: il·le·git·i·mate
Pronunciation: -'ji-t&-m&t
Function: adjective
1 : not recognized as lawful offspring; specifically : born of parents not married to each other
2 : not rightly deduced or inferred : ILLOGICAL
3 : departing from the regular : ERRATIC
4 a : not sanctioned by law : ILLEGAL b : not authorized by good usage c of a taxon : published but not in accordance with the rules of the relevant international code
- il·le·git·i·mate·ly adverb