mongrel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
    bastard.
    • the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic
  2. noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
    cur; mutt.

WordNet

Mon"grel noun
Etymology
Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.
Definitions
  1. The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. Drayton.
Mon"grel adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Not of a pure breed.
  2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

Webster 1913