4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
2: forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
[syn: {tabu}]
n 1: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other S 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}]
v : declare as sacred and forbidden
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