bastard
IPA: bˈæstɝd
noun
- (dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
- A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
- (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, sometimes referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
- (especially Australia, endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
- (often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
- (informal) A child who does not know their father.
- (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
- A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
- A bastard file.
- A sweet wine.
- A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
- An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
- A large mould for straining sugar.
- A writing paper of a particular size.
- A surname from Old French.
verb
- (obsolete) To bastardize.
adjective
- Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
- Of or like a bastard (bad person).
- Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
- Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
- Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
- (of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
- (UK, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
- (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
- (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
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