- Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
- Unauthorized by law; illegal.
- Born of adultery: adulterine offspring.
[Latin adulterīnus, from adulter, adulterer, perhaps back-formation from adulterāre, to pollute. See adulterate.]
adulterine
Dictionary:
a·dul·ter·ine (ə-dŭl'tə-rīn', -rēn')  |
adj.
| Architecture: adulterine |
In the Middle Ages in Britain, said of a castle that was crenelated without a license to erect battlements. Such licenses were granted by the reigning monarch in exchange for a cash payment from the castle’s owner.
| WordNet: adulterine |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
conceived in adultery
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