Meanings
plural bastardlings
- diminutiveA young or petty bastard
My father Is much too kind to this young bastardling.
1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Francesca da Rimini - Page 452 more examples
The off-spring of the Duke belied its source! — Perhaps "Son Rufus" was a bastardling, Whom "policy" forced William to endorse! At any rate, howe'er you explain the thing, Since William England never had one decent Kin"!
1902, Dominicana: A Magazine of Catholic Literature, volume 3, page 58The unholy union of good natural history and bad propaganda is today producing some weird bastardlings; the pity is that some of their chirpings are believed by many people.
1939, Field and Stream, volume 44, page 36
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Cite this entry
bastardling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardling
“bastardling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bastardling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardling.
Source: bastardling on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.