English Explanatory Dictionary

nullius filius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A child of unknown parentage; an orphan.
  2. The son of no one; a bastard.

Word forms

nullius filius filius nullius

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nullius filius (“nobody's son”), from Latin nullius + filius.

Synonyms

by-blow
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