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taboo |
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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