verboten
ver·bo·ten
adjective
1.
excluded from use or mention
- “forbidden fruit”
- “in our house dancing and playing cards were out”
- “a taboo subject”
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from German verboten (“banned, forbidden, prohibited”). Doublet of forbidden.
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