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taboo or tabu (təˈbuː)

—*adj*
1.	forbidden or disapproved of; placed under a social prohibition or ban: taboo words
2.	(in Polynesia and other islands of the South Pacific) marked off as simultaneously sacred and forbidden

—n , -boos, -bus
3.	any prohibition resulting from social or other conventions
4.	ritual restriction or prohibition, esp of something that is considered holy or unclean

—vb
5.	(tr) to place under a taboo

[C18: from Tongan tapu]

tabu or tabu

—*adj*

—n

—vb

[C18: from Tongan tapu]

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