bastardie

Middle English

Alternative forms

bastardy, bastardry, bastardrie

Etymology

From Middle French bastardie; equivalent to bastard +‎ -ie. Some forms are remodelled as bastard +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbastardiː(ə)/, /ˈbastardriː(ə)/

Noun

bastardie (uncountable) (Late Middle English)

bastardy (quality of being a bastard, of being born out of wedlock)

Descendants

English: bastardy, bastardry

References

“bastardīe, -rīe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Middle French

Noun

bastardie f (plural bastardies)

bastardy (quality of being a bastard, of being born out of wedlock)

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