bastardize.
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
Meaning & usage
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
To beget out of wedlock.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin bastardus Old French bastardbor. Middle English bastard English bastard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English bastardize From bastard + -ize.
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