love child /ˈlʌv ˌtʃaɪld/ noun2 •(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.Two thousand a-year without debt or drawback — except for the little love-child, indeed; aye, I had forgot her; but she may be 'prenticed out at a small cost, and then what does it signify? — 1811 •Something that includes influences of multiple predecessors.The grunge genre was the love child of punk and metal. formslove children · love-children