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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

il•le•git adj. [Informal.]

Informal Termsdishonest or unprincipled.

by shortening from illegitimate 1910–15

'illegit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

illegitimatize - illegitimize

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