incest C1 Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈɪnsɛst/ UK /ˈɪnsest/ See IPA manual Freq #19556 Meanings 1 noun sexual relations between people whose close family relationship makes such relations illegal or socially prohibited The law defines which degrees of kinship make a relationship incest. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · sexual relations between... incestuous relations Word family Derived forms incestuous Related forms kinshipconsanguinityinbreedingtaboo Etymology A learned borrowing from Latin incestus ("impure, unchaste"), formed from in- ("not") + castus ("pure, chaste"). Topics Family & Relationships External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # incest **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɪnsɛst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɪnsest/ **Frequency rank:** 19556 ## Meanings 1. sexual relations between people whose close family relationship makes such relations illegal or socially prohibited ## Examples - The law defines which degrees of kinship make a relationship incest. ## Synonyms - incestuous relations ## Derived Forms - incestuous ## Related Forms - kinship - consanguinity - inbreeding - taboo ## Etymology A learned borrowing from Latin incestus ("impure, unchaste"), formed from in- ("not") + castus ("pure, chaste"). ## Topics - Family & Relationships markdown