, 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 Sakespeare, King Lear I.i
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Whoreson — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whoreson — (adj.) c.1300, from WHORE (Cf. whore) + SON (Cf. son). Often used affectionately, it translates Anglo Fr. fiz a putain … Etymology dictionary
whoreson — [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 … English World dictionary
whoreson — 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… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
whoreson — noun Usage: often attributive Date: 14th century 1. bastard 2. a coarse fellow used as a generalized term of abuse … New Collegiate Dictionary
whoreson — /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] * * * … Universalium
whoreson — sb. Alys. 880 … Oldest English Words
whoreson — n. bastard; low or villainous person (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
whoreson — [ hɔ:s(ə)n] noun archaic a despicable person. Origin ME: from whore + son, suggested by Anglo Norman Fr. fiz a putain … English new terms dictionary
whoreson — whore·son … English syllables
