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Taboo : adj
1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our
house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo
subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed,
tabu, verboten]
2: forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
[syn: tabu]
(noun)
1: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific
islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something
because of its sacred nature [syn: tabu]
2: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or
emotional aversion [syn: tabu]
(verb)
1: declare as sacred and forbidden
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Taboo : \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also tapu.] [Polynesian tabu,
tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races
of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain
persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties;
interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Taboo : \Ta*boo"\, n.
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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Taboo : \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabooing.]
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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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