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): /ˈbastardiː(ə)/, /ˈbastardriː(ə)/
Noun
bastardie (uncountable) (Late Middle English)
- 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)
- bastardy (quality of being a bastard, of being born out of wedlock)