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 16th century until the late 17th century.][1]
Translations
to render bastard
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References
- “abastardize” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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