| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| adulterine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·dul·ter·ine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -d l t-r n , -r n |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Characterized by adulteration; spurious. 2. Unauthorized by law; illegal. 3. Born of adultery: adulterine offspring. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin adulternus, from adulter, adulterer, perhaps back-formation from adulter re, to pollute. See adulterate.
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