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taboo or tabu Noun pl -boos or -bus 1. a restriction or prohibition resulting from social or other conventions 2. a ritual prohibition, esp. of something that is considered holy or unclean Adjective forbidden or disapproved-of: a taboo subject [Tongan tapu]
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taboo or tabu adjective 1. forbidden, banned, prohibited, ruled out, not allowed, unacceptable, outlawed, unthinkable, not permitted, disapproved of, anathema, off limits, frowned on, proscribed, beyond the pale, unmentionable << OPPOSITE permitted Translationstaboo n / adj taboo, tabu [təˈbuː] (something) forbidden for religious reasons or because it is against social custom Alcohol is (a) taboo in Muslim societies.taboeمُحَرَّمтабуtabutabudas Tabu, tabuταμπούtabútabuتابو؛ حرامtabutabouאִיסוּרवर्जित कर्मtabutabuharam, tabubannaður, forboðinntabùタブー금기(의)tabutabudilarangtaboetabu(forestilling)tabu, rzecz zakazanatabutabuтабу; запрещённыйtabutabutabutabuข้อห้าม; ซึ่งต้องห้ามtabu, yasak禁忌табу; заборонаحرام، ممنوعđiều cấm kỵ禁忌 |
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What was this Sun Singer, this Star-Born One, this mysterious deity, as bestial-conducted as the black and kinky-headed and monkey-like human beasts who worshipped it, and whose silver-sweet, bull-mouthed singing and commanding he had heard at the taboo distance for so long? With Heaven's taboo to palter; The taboo of the chicken Michael had been well taught in his earliest days at Meringe. |
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