whoreson
1Whoreson — Whore son, n. A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively. [Archaic] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
2whoreson — (adj.) c.1300, from WHORE (Cf. whore) + SON (Cf. son). Often used affectionately, it translates Anglo Fr. fiz a putain …
3whoreson — [hôr′sən] Archaic n. [ME hores son, lit., son of a whore, bastard] 1. a bastard 2. a scoundrel; knave: a general epithet of abuse adj. vile; knavish …
4whoreson — The son of a whore would inevitably have been illegitimate, so ‘whoreson’ is a synonym for ‘bastard’. It was used as a term of contempt mainly until the seventeenth century, e.g. in Ben Jonson’s Every Man in his Humour, where Stephano calls a… …
5whoreson — noun a) an illegitimate child born of unwed parents. , 1605: Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged. William …
6whoreson — noun Usage: often attributive Date: 14th century 1. bastard 2. a coarse fellow used as a generalized term of abuse …
7whoreson — /hawr seuhn, hohr / or, often, /hoor /, n. 1. a bastard. 2. wretch; scoundrel. adj. 3. wretched; scurvy. [1200 50; ME horeson SON of a WHORE] * * * …
8whoreson — sb. Alys. 880 …
9whoreson — n. bastard; low or villainous person (Archaic) …
10whoreson — [ hɔ:s(ə)n] noun archaic a despicable person. Origin ME: from whore + son, suggested by Anglo Norman Fr. fiz a putain …
