TABOO

forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten

(adjective) excluded from use or mention; “forbidden fruit”; “in our house dancing and playing cards were out”; “a taboo subject”

taboo, tabu

(adjective) forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

taboo, tabu

(noun) an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

taboo, tabu

(noun) a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

taboo

(verb) declare as sacred and forbidden

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

taboo (countable and uncountable, plural taboos)

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Adjective

taboo (comparative more taboo, superlative most taboo)

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

Culturally forbidden.

Verb

taboo (third-person singular simple present taboos, present participle tabooing, simple past and past participle tabooed)

To mark as taboo.

To ban.

To avoid.

Anagrams

• aboot

Source: Wiktionary

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Ta*boo", n.

Definition: A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]

Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.]

Definition: To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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