bastard
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- noun
- /ˈbæstərd/
- Informal
:
híbrido
- The film is often labeled a bastard adaptation, as it strays significantly from the original novel's plot.
Examples
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An aerodynamic feature of many modern birds, the alula, also called the bastard wing, allows birds to fly without stalling.
Academic text (1998) -
Despite its reputation as a bastard art form, street art has gained immense popularity and respect in recent years.
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Landscape painting in the West is something of a bastard genre.
Academic text (2007) -
We were not necessarily compatible just because we both came from some kind of bastard strain.
Academic text (2008) -
Liz Thompson used to say, "Jazz dance is dance's bastard child."
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As a result, features similar to English "bastard feudalism" arose in areas where crown and church land was concentrated.
Academic text (2000) -
Many people consider jazz dance to be the bastard of traditional dance styles, mixing various elements in unique ways.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A small tropical American weed with white daisy-like flowers that grows quickly
- Specialized
An eastern United States plant with a minty smell that looks like pennyroyal but is a different kind
A small evergreen tree from the southern US and Caribbean used for very hard, heavy wood
- Specialized
A small weed with short dry leaves that grows in dry, disturbed soil
- Specialized
A small grey sea turtle that nests on Gulf and Atlantic coasts of North America, also called Kemp's ridley
- Specialized
A page at the start of a book that shows only the title before the main title page
- Specialized
A grey sea turtle that lives on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
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A woody creeping plant that grows on other plants with thick powdery leaves and small dull white flowers
- Specialized
A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
- South African
A medium-sized South African tree with yellowish wood used for furniture
How Genuine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bastard used as a noun for an irregular or inferior thing comes from the same root meaning 'not legitimate', so it names versions that are mixed, lower quality, or not original. That's why a 'bastard' form of a design or language feels like a doubtful or impure kind.