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Definition taboo
Etymology
Borrowing from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. The word entered English around 1777.
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)
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