ILLEGITIMACY, ILLEGITIMATE
ADJECTIVES
1598 — SPURIOUS born out of wedlock; illegitimate
1895 — ACCIDENTAL illegitimate → Eng. dial.
1640 — ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed
1570 — BASE illegitimate, bastard
1793 — BASE-BEGOTTEN born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1946 — BASEBORN born out of wedlock .. Amer. dial.
1330 — BAST bastard, illegitimate → obs.
1579 — BASTARDED illegitimate, unfathered → obs.
1750 — BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET illegitimate → colloq.
1973 — BORN WITH BURNT FEET of a child: illegitimate → Amer. dial.
1905 — ILLEGAL illegitimate → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ILLEGIBLE illegitimate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1502 — ILLEGITIME illegitimate → obs.
1880 — ILL-GOTTEN illegitimate; good-for-nothing → Sc.
1950 — ‘LONG-OF-THE-PATH illegitimate → African-American
1905 — MERRY-BEGOT illegitimate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1883 — MERRY-BEGOTTEN illegitimate → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1865 — MISBEGOT illegitimate → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1960 — OFF-BRAND of a child: illegitimate → sl., orig. African-American
..L19 — OUTSIDE illegitimate → African-American sl.
1965 — PASTURE-BRED “laid in the field before being married”; said of a child whose parents were not married → Amer. dial.
1897 — SIDE-WIND illegitimate
1897 — SINISTRAL illegitimate
1905 — UNBEKENT illegitimate; of unknown parentage → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1425 — UNLAWFULLY BEGOTTEN pert. to a bastard
1967 — UNLEGAL of a child: illegitimate → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1563 — BASTARDING the act of declaring a child illegitimate → obs.
1677 — BASTARDING the begetting of a bastard → obs.
1656 — BASTARDLINESS bastardly or illegitimate quality → obs.
1292 — BASTARDY the condition of a bastard; illegitimate birth
1599 — BASTARDY bastards collectively, bastard brood → obs.
1611 — BASE bastardy; illegitimacy → obs.
1605 — BASENESS illegitimacy of birth → obs.
1297 — BAST bastardy, illegitimacy → obs.
1579 — BASTARDICE illegitimacy; falsity → obs.
1579 — BASTARDISE illegitimacy; falsity → obs.
1589 — BASTARDISM illegitimacy
1483 — BASTARDRY illegitimacy → obs.
1668 — SPURIOUSNESS illegitimacy, bastardy
1863 — SPURIOSITY something false or illegitimate; a being spurious
NOUNS, PERSON
1297 — BASTARD one begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child
1330 — WHORESON the bastard son of a whore
1562 — MAMZER a bastard → obs.
1569 — BASE-BORN one of humble or illegitimate birth
1571 — BAISE → BASE a bastard → obs.
1587 — NEPHEW the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic → euphemism
1593 — BANTLIN → BANTLING a young or small child; an infant; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of ‘bastard’, an illegitimate child
1595 — BY-BLOW one who comes into the world by a side stroke; an illegitimate child, a bastard
1617 — HASTY PUDDING a bastard; an illegitimate child → UK sl.
1637 — BY-CHOP a bastard → obs.
1646 — BY-SCAPE a bastard → obs.
1654 — NATURAL-CHILD a bastard
1657 — BACHELOR’S SON → BATCHELOR’S SON an illegitimate child → sl.
1670 — BY-SLIP a bastard → obs.
1689 — BASE-CHILD an illegitimate child → Eng. dial.
1696 — NATURAL a bastard → sl.
..E18 — QUAEGEMES an illegitimate child → sl.
1704 — OE an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents → Sc.
1722 — GET → GETT → GHET a term of contempt for a child, a brat; a bastard → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1728 — BABE OF LOVE a love-child, an illegitimate child → poetic usage obs.
1756 — BELL-BASTARD the illegitimate child of a woman who is herself illegitimate → Eng. dial.
1760 — COME-BY-CHANCE an illegitimate child → colloq.
1780 — SIDE-WIND a bastard, an illegitimate child → Brit. colloq.
1781 — BYSPEL an illegitimate child → obs.
1786 — BASTARDLY GULLION a bastard’s bastard → UK sl.
1790 — BASTERLY-GULLION the illegitimate child of one who is himself illegitimate → Eng. dial. obs.
1794 — MISFORTUNE an illegitimate child → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1797 — MERRY BEGOTTEN a love child
1798 — ADULTERINE an illegitimate child
..19C — LOVE-BEGOTTEN CHILD. an illegitimate child → euphemism
..19C — LOVE-BRAT an illegitimate child → Brit. sl.
..19C — SIDE-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child → US colloq.
..19C — BY-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child → Eng. dial.
1805 — LOVE CHILD an illegitimate child
1815 — COME-O’-WILL an illegitimate child → Sc.
1821 — ABISHAG the illegitimate child of a mother seduced and abandoned by a married man; a nobleman’s bastard → sl.
1823 — OFF-GETT an illegitimate child → Sc.
1823 — SON OF A GUN a soldier’s illegitimate son → obs.
1827 — CHILD OF SHAME a child born to an unmarried woman → arch.
1848 — NIECE a priest’s illegitimate daughter, or concubine → sl.
1850 — ACCIDENT a child whose conception was not planned; an illegitimate child → colloq.
.M19 — CHANCE CHILD an illegitimate child → sl.
1852 — ABAST an illegitimate child or bastard (Bk.)
1852 — CHANCE BLOW an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1855 — BASE-SON an illegitimate son (Bk.)
1855 — BAST an illegitimate person → obs. (Bk.)
1860 — WOODS COLT a child born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1872 — SIDE-SLIP a bastard; an illegitimate child → Brit. colloq.
1875 — FLY-BLOW a bastard → colloq.
1877 — GIMBO the natural child of a natural child; a bastard’s bastard → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1880 — BISPEL a natural child, an illegitimate child → obs. (Bk.)
1885 — MERRY-BEGOT an illegitimate child → Eng. dial.
1886 — HARECOPPE a bastard → obs. (Bk.)
1887 — BY-SON an illegitimate son → Eng. dial.
1894 — BY-CHILD an illegitimate child → Eng. dial.
1898 — BASTERTLY-BORN the illegitimate child of a bastard → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — BACHELOR’S BABY an illegitimate child → sl.
..L19 — INCIDENT an illegitimate child → sl., orig. US
..L19 — OUTSIDE CHILD an illegitimate child → W. Indies
..L19 — OUTSIDE DAUGHTER an illegitimate child → W. Indies
..L19 — OUTSIDE KID an illegitimate child → W. Indies
..L19 — OUTSIDE SON an illegitimate child → W. Indies
..20C — BASE-BEGOTTEN CHILD an illegitimate child → US colloq.
..20C — OFF-GIRL an illegitimate girl → US dial.
..20C — OUT-CHILD an illegitimate child → Caribbean usage
..20C — OUTSIDE CHILE an illegitimate child → Trinidad
..E20 — LEFT-HAND SON a male bastard → US criminals’ sl.
1900 — ILLEGIM an illegitimate child → Aust. sl.
1901 — CATCH-COLT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1903 — MISBEGOT an illegitimate child → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — MISHAP-CHILD an illegitimate child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ILLEGAL a bastard → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ILLEGIBLE an illegitimate child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NATURAL BAIRN an illegitimate child → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ODD CHILD an illegitimate child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — WIND-FALL an illegitimate child → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — WOODS CHILD an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1913 — ILLEGIT an illegitimate child → sl.
1913 — OUTSIDER a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1915 — WAR BABY a child born or conceived during a war; especially, an illegitimate child born in wartime of a serviceman → World War I
1921 — B a bastard → Aust. sl.
1922 — MAVERICK an orphan child; an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1926 — BRAT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1927 — GITLET an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1929 — WILD OAT a child born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1930 — JIT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1931 — CAMP MEETING BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1940 — BEELZEBUB → BELZIBUB a child born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1940 — BUSH BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1940 — COME-TOO-SOON a child born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1943 — OFFSPRING an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1944 — FETCH an illegitimate or abandoned child → Amer. dial.
1944 — MOONCALF a bastard → Amer. dial.
1944 — YARD CHILD an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1946 — OLDFIELDS COLT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1948 — BANTY a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of ‘bastard’, an illegitimate child → US
1949 — ASH-BARREL BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1949 — BRUSH COLT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1949 — BUSHWHACKER an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1949 — DOORSTEP CHILD a child of unwed parents → Amer. dial.
1949 — ENGAGEMENT BABY → ENGAGEMENT CHILD an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1950 — DITCH-EDGE CHILD an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1950 — WILD COLT the child of an unwed mother → Amer. dial.
1953 — SOONER a child conceived or born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1954 — BUSH CHILD an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1958 — NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE an illegitimate child → Amer. dial., derogatory
1962 — SIDEHILL BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — ALLEY CAT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — FIELD COLT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — FIELD RABBIT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — MIRACLE BABY a baby born less than nine months after a couple’s wedding; an illegitimate baby → Amer. dial.
1966 — OLD-FIELD KID an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — ORPHAN (CHILD) an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — OUTLAW a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — PRAIRIE COLT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1966 — WOODS RABBIT a child whose parents were not married → Amer. dial.
1967 — BRIER BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1967 — BRIERPATCH KID an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1967 — FENCE-CORNER KID an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1967 — HAYSTACK KID an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1967 — PASTURE BABY a child born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1967 — PASTURE COLT a child born out of wedlock → Amer. dial.
1968 — COLT an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1968 — COLT OVER THE FENCE an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1968 — FILLY an illegitimate female child → Amer. dial. euphemism
1968 — YARD COLT a child whose parents were not married; an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1969 — WOOD-PATCH BABY a child whose parents were not married → Amer. dial.
1970 — BABY IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1970 — CHILD IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1970 — ILLY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1970 — WOODS KID an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1973 — GOOSE EGG an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1984 — MIDNIGHT BABY a bastard → Amer. euphemism
1986 — ONUS CHILD. an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1995 — WOODPILE CHILD an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1995 — WOODPILE KID an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
1996 — BLACKBERRY BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1997 — YARD BABY an illegitimate child → Amer. dial.
2002 — BASKET an illegitimate child → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON – OTHER
1653 — HEDGE-SPARROW one who takes on the rearing of an illegitimate child, e.g. a servant or a cuckolded husband → UK sl.
1885 — BABY FARMER a woman who receives infants, generally illegitimate, from their parents, on the pretext of bringing them up, the object being to have the child removed from sight to conceal the shame (Bk.)
1985 — PARISH BULL a man with illegitimate children → Bermuda sl.
PHRASES
..20C — THEY CHEATED THE STARTER applied to a married couple whose first child arrives before it is conventionally expectable
VERBS
1549 — BASTARD to declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate
1605 — BASTARDIZE to beget a bastard → obs.
1610 — ABASTARD to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate → obs.
1611 — BASTARDIZE to declare or stigmatize as bastard
1644 — BASTARDRY to declare illegitimate → obs.
1649 — IMBASTARDIZE to render bastard or degenerate → obs.
1742 — CAST A LAGGIN-GIRD to bear an illegitimate child → Sc.
..19C — HAVE A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child → sl.
..19C — MEET WITH A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child → sl.
1875 — BE INCONSISTENT to have a child before marriage → Eng. dial.
1888 — BASTARD to beget a bastard → obs. (Bk.)
1900 — GET ONE’S TAIL IN THE WELL of a woman: to have an illegitimate child → Sc.
1935 — PLANT ONE’S CORN BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married → Amer. dial.
1965 — HAVE CALLUSES ON ONE’S FEET of a child: to be born in less than nine months after marriage → Amer. dial.
1982 — PLANT ONE’S CROP BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married → Amer. dial.