Defn: An illegitimate child. [R.]
ADULTERIZE
A*dul"ter*ize, v. i.
Defn: To commit adultery. Milton.
ADULTEROUS
A*dul"ter*ous, a.
1. Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit. Dryden.
2. Characterized by adulteration; spurious. "An adulterous mixture." [Obs.] Smollett.
ADULTEROUSLY
A*dul"ter*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an adulterous manner.
ADULTERY
A*dul"ter*y, n.; pl. Adulteries(#). Etym: [L. adulterium. See
Advoutry.]
1. The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.