单词 | verboten |
释义 | verbotenadj. Forbidden; not allowed.Originally in German-speaking contexts; later sometimes with emphatic or humorous connotations of strict prohibition. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] > prohibited forbiddenc1200 defendedc1405 prohibit?a1475 vetite?a1500 prohibited?1532 disallowed1539 forbid1599 inhibiteda1616 verboten1866 no-no1972 1866 Birmingham Daily Post 12 July 7/1 Of course, it was ‘verboten’ to go up to the tower. 1895 Punch 15 June 281/1 No party assistance, no party voting, manly independence the thing for Boden. Leaders say it ought to be a thing ‘verboten’. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle v. 63 I got very bored, for I had nothing to read and my pipe was verboten. 1968 S. Finch & A. Cain in J. Marmor Mod. Psychoanal. xvii. 446 The obviously important but almost verboten subject of the implicit structure of rewards. 1979 R. Mutch Gemstone viii. 94 She was verboten, strictly off limits. 2011 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. a21/4 Any talk of raising taxes on the rich is verboten. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1866 |
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