forbidden

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not allowed; officially banned.

   Taking photographs inside the museum is forbidden.

2. 2
   adj

   Kept out of reach or off limits, and so more tempting.

   The forbidden fruit always seems the sweetest.

Appears in

Past participle of the verb forbid. Doublet of verboten. Compare German verboten, Dutch verboden, Swedish förbjuden, and West Frisian ferbean.

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