Associations to the word «Baseborn»

Wiktionary

BASEBORN, adjective. Bastard, illegitimate
BASEBORN, adjective. Of lowly birth.

Dictionary definition

BASEBORN, adjective. Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth".
BASEBORN, adjective. Illegitimate.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats