Sekirov Dictionary

taboo

/təˈbuː/

verb 3
adjective 2
noun 2
forms 5

verb3

To mark as taboo.
•
To ban or prohibit.
- They lunched, but if the subject of Carrados had been tabooed the meal would have been a silent one. — 1914
To avoid.

adjective2

•
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
- Sweets and fats are strictly taboo in my home.
Culturally forbidden.

noun2

•
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- It is true indeed that a taboo - in order to be a proper taboo - must not rest in the general mind on argument or reason. — 1920
Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

forms

tabooed · tabooing · taboos · more taboo · most taboo

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