私生子 — meaning in English
sī shēng zǐ
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English meaning
Senses
私生子 is used for these senses in English:
- love child (euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
- macaronic (archaic) Jumbled, mixed.
- mongrel (often, pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
- natural child An illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.
- spurious (archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate.
macaronic — full definition
- adj Muddled together; mixed up.
- adj Describes writing that blends two or more languages together.
- adj Resembling a fop or dandy in manner; foppish, trivial or affected.
mongrel — full definition
- noun A dog (or other creature) of mixed or uncertain breed.
- adj Made up of a mixture of breeds, types, or origins.
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