TABOOED

Adjective

tabooed (comparative more tabooed, superlative most tabooed)

Forbidden; prohibited.

Verb

tabooed

simple past tense and past participle of taboo

Anagrams

• detaboo

Source: Wiktionary


TABOO

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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