whoreson

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhɔːsən/
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/ˈhɔːsən/ · /ˈhɔɹ.sən/

Definition of whoreson

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, derogatory)An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
    “Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (archaic, derogatory)An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
    “Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.”
    “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.”
  2. (derogatory, literally, vulgar)The son of a whore.
    “Ploughing whoreson!”
    “Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter!”

adj

  1. (derogatory, not-comparable, obsolete)mean; base; worthless

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English horesone, hureson (also horessone, hores sone). Compare Dutch hoerenzoon, German Hurensohn (“whoreson”) and French fils de pute. By surface analysis, whore + son.

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