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incestuousness - 2 dictionary results

in⋅ces⋅tu⋅ous

  [in-ses-choo-uhs]
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–adjective
1. involving incest.
2. guilty of incest.
3. being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning: an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.
Origin:
1525–35; < LL incestuōsus, equiv. to L incestu- s. of incestus incest + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
in⋅ces⋅tu⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
in⋅ces⋅tu⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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in·ces·tu·ous   (ĭn-sěs'chōō-əs)   
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·ces'tu·ous·ly adv., in·ces'tu·ous·ness n.
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