Definitions

1. adjective

Born or obtained by an adulterous relationship between a man and a woman not married to each other.

“The child was considered adulterine because her father was not married to her mother at the time of her birth.”

2. noun

A child born out of wedlock, especially one whose parents were not married to each other at the time of birth.

“The adulterine child was raised by her mother’s relatives after her father abandoned them.”