adulterine

/əˈdʌltəɹaɪn/

adj 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

bad, obsolete, old

VERB + ADULTERINE

doses

ADULTERINE + NOUN

druggs, guilds, mixtures

ADV.

such

Definitions

adj

Spurious; due to adulteration.

a knave apothecary, that administers the physick, and makes the medicine, may do infinite harm, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, &c.

Born of adultery.

Pertaining to adultery.

Illegal; unlicensed.

when any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter , such adulterine guilds , as they were called , were not always disfranchised[…]

noun

One born of an adulterous union.

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a knave apothecary, that administers the physick, and makes the medicine, may do infinite harm, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, &c.

Wiktionary

when any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter , such adulterine guilds , as they were called , were not always disfranchised[…]

Wiktionary

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In some senses, adulterine is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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