Definitions
excluded from use or mention
Word origin
Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“So among the Alfoors of the island of Buru it is taboo to mention the names of parents and parents-in-law, or even to speak of common objects by words which resemble these names in sound.”
“The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Social prohibition or ban”5 letters
02“Off limits”5 letters
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