forbidden

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   excluded from use or mention

   forbidden fruit

2. 2
   adj

   Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

   Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.

3. 3
   verb

   past participle of forbid

Etymology

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