- le·git·i·mate
adj.
1. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.
2. Being in accordance with established or accepted patterns and standards: legitimate advertising practices.
3. Based on logical reasoning; reasonable: a legitimate solution to the problem.
4. Authentic; genuine: a legitimate complaint.
Are you really such a dundering fuck that you can't be bothered to make the cursory attempt to visit dictionary.com before commenting?