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taboo
Part of speech: NounA religious system or practice, in use among certain savage races, by which certain acts and things were made sacred and forbidden; ban.
Part of speech: VerbTo forbid approach to, or use of.
Part of speech: AdjectiveSet apart or sacred by religious custom; prohibited by social custom.
Part of speech: Past tenseTabooed.
Part of speech: Past participleTabooing.
Usage examples "taboo":- We afterward desired him to take off the taboo, and to make it known, that the people might bring their provisions as usual. - "A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16", Robert Kerr.
- Once a wrong becomes " vested," it is a " vested right," sacred, taboo. - "The Second Generation", David Graham Phillips.
- The nearest onlookers stood a respectful yard back and when unbalanced by the push of those behind went through such antics to avoid treading on it, while at the same time preserving the convention of innocence of any taboo that they frequently pivoted and pirouetted on one foot in an awkward ballet. - "Greener Than You Think", Ward Moore.