love child

noun

1. a child born out of wedlock.

love child

noun

1. euphemistic.
   an illegitimate child; bastard

Word History and Origins

Origin of love child¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Think of the Devour as the love child of technical sunglasses and goggles.

From Outside Online

Bern’s classic Watts styling looks like a five panel hat and a helmet that had a love child, which made one tester who chased a toddler around all season feel young again.

From Outside Online

Is,” the love child, comes in a close second, followed by “how” and “who.

From Search Engine Land

“Through these experiences we could understand each other more,” the head developer of Prius argues in Love Child.

From The Daily Beast

Then, at the end of the first trimester, John drops a bombshell: there is not one love-child, but two.

From The Daily Beast

Cradle a newborn love child and you are through; send that same child off to kindergarten and you live to see another day.

From The Daily Beast

But all that sneaking around and whispers about a love child certainly kept things interesting for a time.

From The Daily Beast

If you do have an oops moment and wind up with a surprise love child, just man up and admit it.

From The Daily Beast

Why did you not avenge the honor of your mother when, in the Encyclopdia, and in France, you were set down as a love-child?

From Project Gutenberg

It is called—rather prettily, I think—'a love child' and the nicer the grandparents are, the better they treat it.

From Project Gutenberg

I sang out, feeling that all the years of my life I had been destiny's love-child.

From Project Gutenberg

Gyp had been herself a love-child, and the knowledge of this is shown very clearly in its influence upon their mutual attitude.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of the utmost importance that every child should be a love child, in the best sense of the term.

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