adulterine

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Certainly there are Carolingian cases of rebels 'castles being demolished, but these aren't adulterine castles in the later English sense, these are just castles that were in the wrong hands.

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  1. adjective Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
  2. adjective Unauthorized by law; illegal.
  3. adjective Born of adultery: adulterine offspring.

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  1. Latin adulterīnus, from adulter, adulterer, perhaps back-formation from adulterāre, to pollute; see adulterate.

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  1. from Latin adulterinus, from adulter: see adulter, n.
 

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/əˈdəltərɪn/
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