Definition of "tabooed" [tabooed]

• Forbidden; prohibited. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of taboo. (verb)

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• "I seemed to catch my audience quite accidentally by using a word tabooed at that time in sporting circles, because it represented the blacklegs of the racecourse, and was used as a nickname for rascaldom."
• ""We were now not only tattooed, but what they called tabooed, [S] the meaning of which is, made sacred, or forbidden to touch any provisions of any kind with our hands."
• "Other people's sweethearts, you know, are 'tabooed' -- sacred ground -- not to be approached without danger to all concerned."