1 born to parents who are not married to each other
2 not allowed by a particular set of rules or by law:
illegitimate use of company property
OPPLEGITIMATE
illegitimacy noun [U]:
Illegitimacy no longer carries the same social stigma.
illegitimately adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is illegitimate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, illegitimate is tagged as adjective.
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