adulterine
Americanadjective
-
of or made by adulteration; fake
-
conceived in adultery
an adulterine child
Etymology
Origin of adulterine
1535–45; < Latin adulterīnus, equivalent to adulter adulterer, counterfeiter ( adulterer ) + -īnus -ine 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I know," said Hereward, "that the French look on us English monk-made knights as spurious and adulterine, unworthy of the name of knight.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles
Yet in 1468 he married Joan of Portugal, and when she bore a daughter, first repudiated her as adulterine, and then claimed her for his own.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The chapter compelled the offenders to swear, “holding the most Holy Gospels, that they will not henceforward keep any adulterine schools in the churches, nor teach boys song or music without license from the schoolmaster.”
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
No attempt, however, seems to have been made forcibly to dissolve the adulterine gilds.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
