bastardship

English

Alternative forms

• Bastardship

Etymology

From bastard +‎ -ship.

Noun

bastardship (uncountable)

1. (rare) The state or condition of a bastard; bastardness
   • 2011, The Fabulous Dell Brothers, I’ve Seen Things Go This Bad For Six Months in a Row:

     About 40 years later in a drunken Dell Night moment at the Oak Inn, Tuck let the cat out of the bag, and told Junior of his bastardship, saying, “We really got married in December, not September.

2. (humorous, mildly derogatory) used as a title or form of address
   • 2000, Charles Clark, Finish High School at Home - Page 118:

     “Happy New Year, your bastardship!”

Usage notes

• When used as a title, often accompanied by a possesive, as in "Your Bastardship", "his bastardship", etc.