taboo
adjective
proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable.
has tabooed
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present perfectof taboo (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They say somebody they call Tu-Kila-Kila has tabooed us.
From The Great Taboo by Grant Allen
"I am Evanitalina, the daughter of Samuelu, the clergyman," she returned, "and I shall be glad of the blossoms, for as yet thy father has tabooed no lands for our garden."
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
There are phrases which have become obsolete; there are words which have been almost lost out of our vocabulary, which have changed their meaning, or which fashion has tabooed.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge
