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1. a. : marked by adulteration : spurious. b. : illegal. 2. : born of adultery. Synonyms. adulterate. adulterous. extracurricular. extramarital. two-timing. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of adulterine in a Sentence. adulterine fiction often portrays the illicit lovers sympathetically. Word History. Etymology.
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Adulterine definition: characterized by adulteration; spurious.. See examples of ADULTERINE used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Characterized by adulteration; spurious. 2. Born of adultery: adulterine offspring. [Latin adulterīnus, from adulter, adulterer, perhaps back-formation from adulterāre, to pollute; see adulterate .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Adulterine Definition. Characterized by adulteration; spurious. Of adultery. Due to adulteration. Born of adultery. Pertaining to adultery. (rare) One born of an adulterous union.
What does the word adulterine mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word adulterine , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
(əˈdʌltəˌrin, -təˌrain) adjective. 1. characterized by adulteration; spurious. 2. born of adultery. 3.
adulterine in American English. (əˈdʌltərɪn ; əˈdʌltərˌaɪn ) adjective. 1. of adultery. 2. due to adulteration. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
