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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

adjective Forbidden; prohibited.

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adjective forbidden, prohibited

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adjective excluded from use or mention

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, past participle of verbieten, to forbid, from Middle High German, from Old High German farbiotan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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From German verboten ("forbidden").

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Examples

The one paraphilia that remains absolutely verboten is pedophilia.

MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010
Just compare 'verboten' with their lilting 'proibido.'

Mike Arkus: Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens Mike Arkus 2010

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sionnach commented on the word verboten

assorted prohibitions

November 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word verboten

Ha, I remember taking a picture of that sign when I was in Saint Petersburg.

November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word verboten

Ok, I only understood about half of those little pictograms.

November 10, 2008
sionnach commented on the word verboten

I think most of them were developed with Quentin Crisp in mind. Nobody likes to have naked civil servants wantonly launching ocean liners or diving from lighthouses in their public parks.

November 11, 2008