Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LE-GIT'I-MA-CY
LE-GIT'I-MA-CY, n. [from legitimate.]
- Lawfulness of birth; opposed to bastardy. Ayliffe.
- Genuineness; opposed to spuriousness. The legitimacy of his conclusions is not to be questioned.
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