different between uzzard vs adulterine

English

Noun

uzzard (plural uzzards)

1. (archaic, dialectal) The letter z.

Synonyms

• izzard

English

Etymology

From Latin adulter?nus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??d?lt??a?n/
• (US) enPR: ?-d?l?t?-r?n, IPA^(key): /??d?lt??a?n/ or enPR: ?-d?l?t?-r?n, IPA^(key): /??d?lt??i?n/

Adjective

adulterine (comparative more adulterine, superlative most adulterine)

1. Spurious; due to adulteration.
2. Born of adultery.
3. Pertaining to adultery.
4. Illegal; unlicensed.
   • 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

     when any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter , such adulterine guilds , as they were called , were not always disfranchised […]

Noun

adulterine (plural adulterines)

1. (rare) One born of an adulterous union.

Usage notes

• An adulterine is not the same as a bastard, which is a person born out of wedlock.

See also

Italian

Adjective

adulterine

1. feminine plural of adulterino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.dul.te?ri?.ne/, [äd????t????i?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.dul.te?ri.ne/, [?d?ul?t????i?n?]

Adjective

adulter?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of adulter?nus