Produced or resulting from adultery; relating to or born from an adulterous relationship.
From Latin 'adulterinus,' derived from 'adulter' (adulterer). The -ine suffix indicates a quality or relationship, commonly used in scientific and formal English.
Medieval English law had special terms for children born outside wedlock—'adulterine children' could be completely disinherited and had no legal rights to family property, making the word literally consequential for a child's entire life.
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