Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bastardly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
bas-tard-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been born out of marriage.

adj

Of no use or purpose; useless; worthless.

adv

In a bastardly manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin bastardus Old French bastardbor. Middle English bastard English bastard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English bastardly From bastard + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more bastardly (comparative) most bastardly (superlative)

Derived Forms

bastardliness

Phrases

bastardly gullion

Synonyms

illegitimate base baseborn base born bastardly extramarital misbegotten nameless natural spurious unwanted degenerate

Questions

What does bastardly mean?
Having been born out of marriage.
Where does bastardly come from?
Etymology tree Latin bastardus Old French bastardbor. Middle English bastard English bastard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English bastardly From bastard + -ly.

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