Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baseborn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: base-born
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

bastard, illegitimate

adj

Of lowly birth.

Example Sentences

"He said, "Though the law did not positively allow the destroying such base-born children, yet it held them to be the children of nobody; that the Church considered them as the children of nobody; and that at the best, they ought to be brought up to the lowest and vilest offices of the commonwealth.""
"And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp, You fighting more for honor than for gold: Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues."
"Non-Arabs, of whatever racial origin, were of course baseborn, but so too were many Arabs who, for one reason or another, were not full and free members of a tribe."

Etymology

From base + born.

Inflected Forms

base-born (alternative)

Synonyms

base humble lowly

Questions

What does baseborn mean?: bastard, illegitimate
Where does baseborn come from?: From base + born.

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