forbidden

English

Etymology

From to forbid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɝˈbɪdən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪdən
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Adjective

forbidden (comparative more forbidden, superlative most forbidden)

  1. Not allowed; specifically disallowed.
    Synonyms: prohibited, verboten
    • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, []”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey [], OCLC 228732398, lines 415–420, page 83:
      Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.
    • 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'.

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Verb

forbidden

  1. past participle of forbid
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