单词 | incest |
释义 | incest /in"sest/, n. 1. sexual intercourse between closely related persons. 2. the crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden. [1175-1225; ME < L incestus (n.) sexual impurity, deriv. of incestus (adj.) profane, sexually impure (in- IN-3 + -cestus comb. form of castus CHASTE), by analogy with v. nouns derived with -tus] |
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