abastardize

English

Alternative forms

abastardise (UK)

Etymology

From Middle French abastardir, from Old French a- + bastart (“bastard”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /eɪˈbæs.tɚˌdaɪz/

Verb

abastardize (third-person singular simple present abastardizes, present participle abastardizing, simple past and past participle abastardized)

(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the late 17^th century.]^[1]

Translations

to render bastard

Portuguese: abastardar (pt)

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abastardize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

[1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abastardize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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