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Webster 1913 Edition
Forbidden
For-bid′den
,Adj.
Prohibited; interdicted.
I know no spells, use no
forbidden
arts. Milton.
Forbidden fruit
. (a)
Any coveted unlawful pleasure, – so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.
(b)
(Bot.)
A small variety of shaddock (
Citrus decumana
). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.Definition 2024
forbidden
forbidden
English
Adjective
forbidden (comparative more forbidden, superlative most forbidden)
- not allowed.
- 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page 276
- This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.
- 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page 276
Synonyms
Translations
not allowed
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Related terms
Verb
forbidden
- past participle of forbid