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incestuous

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in·ces·tu·ous  (n-ssch-s)
adj.
1. Of, involving, or suggestive of incest.
2. Having committed incest.
3. Improperly intimate or interconnected: "Press-politics relations are notoriously incestuous" (Boston Globe).

in·cestu·ous·ly adv.
in·cestu·ous·ness n.

incestuous [ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs]
adj
1. relating to or involving incest an incestuous union
2. guilty of incest
3. (Law) Obsolete resulting from incest an incestuous bastard
4. resembling incest in excessive or claustrophobic intimacy
incestuously  adv
incestuousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incestuous - resembling incest as by excessive intimacy
2.incestuous - relating to or involving incest
Translations
incestuous [ɪnˈsestjʊəs] ADJincestuoso
incestuous [ɪnˈsɛstʃuəs] adj
(sexually) [relationship] → incestueux/euse
(fig) [clique, group, place] → fermé(e)
incestuous
incestuous [ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs] adjincestuoso/a
incestuous [ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs] adjincestuoso/a


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At the same time, it being an unlawful, incestuous living, added to that aversion, and though I had no great concern about it in point of conscience, yet everything added to make cohabiting with him the most nauseous thing to me in the world; and I think verily it was come to such a height, that I could almost as willingly have embraced a dog as have let him offer anything of that kind to me, for which reason I could not bear the thoughts of coming between the sheets with him.
 
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