bastard

bastard [bas′tərd]

n.

[ME < OFr < bast- (also in fils de bast) (< ? Goth bansts, barn) + -ard,-ARD: hence, one conceived in a barn]

1. a person born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate child

2. anything spurious, inferior, or varying from standard

3. Slang a person regarded with contempt, hatred, pity, resentment, etc. or, sometimes, with playful affection: a vulgar usage

adj.

1. of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin

2. of a size or shape that differs from the normal or standard

3. that is not truly the designated thing but that closely resembles it [gneiss is called bastard granite]

4. not genuine; sham; inferior

bastardly

adj.