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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands [syn: taboo, tabu]
2: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten] n
1: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature [syn: taboo, tabu]
2: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion [syn: taboo, tabu]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective see taboo I II. noun see taboo II III. transitive verb see taboo III

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of TABOO.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tabu Ta*bu", n. & v. See Taboo.