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bastardise

verb
/ˈbæstə(ɹ)daɪz/

Etymology

From bastard + -ise.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to tie, bind”
  2. derived from *banstuz✻ — “bond, connection, relationship, marriage with a second woman of lower status”
  3. derived from *bāst✻ — “marriage, relationship”
  4. derived from bastardus
  5. derived from bastard
  6. inherited from bastard
  7. inherited from bastard
  8. formed as bastardise — “bastard + -ise”

Definitions

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.

    • ‘I have bastardised both my daughters.’

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bastardise. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA