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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also tabu and tapu.]
[Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a
prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races
of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain
persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties;
interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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