whoreson

From Middle English horesone, hureson (also horessone, hores sone), equivalent to whore +‎ son. Compare Dutch hoerenzoon, German Hurensohn (“whoreson”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːsən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹ.sən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sən

whoreson (plural whoresons)

1. (obsolete) Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
   • c. 1595–1596, W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), imprinted in London: By W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, OCLC 61366361, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.

   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i

     Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.

2. (literally) The son of a prostitute. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• bastard; see also Thesaurus:bastard

whoreson (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) mean; base; worthless