taboo


3taboo

verb

Definition of TABOO

transitive verb
1
: to set apart as taboo especially by marking with a ritualistic symbol
2
: to avoid or ban as taboo

Variants of TABOO

taboo also tabu

First Known Use of TABOO

1777

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

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