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- adjective Alternative spelling of
tabooed .
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Examples
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Hano to fraternize; they prohibited intermarriages, and in general tabued the Hano.
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A great number of the flying-fox, or vampire bat, hung from the casuarina trees in this enclosure, but the natives interposed to prevent our firing at them, the place being tabued.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832 Various
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In a sense somewhat similar to this the chiefs and priests of the Sandwich Islands had the power of devoting anything to the service of the gods, by saying that it was tabu, or tabued.
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We have been mired in the superstition that sex is unclean, and therefore honesty and free expression in love matters have been tabued.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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He preached long sermons to his family, cautioned them against frivolity, forbade music, tabued games, and constantly spoke of the tongue as “the unruly member.”
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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The writings of Mazzini had been constantly distributed and circulated, and the fact that they were tabued by the government added to the joys of the illicit.
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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She wore no jewels, as she clung to the rigorous law of her youth which had tabued the vulgar display of anything but pearls in the daytime.
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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Nevertheless, he invariably, and with complete gravity, introduced her and alluded to her as Suzan Forbes (she even tabued the Miss), and he sent a cheque to the League when it was founded.
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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It is not evident why the mountain trout is prohibited, but the dog, squirrel, and cat are tabued, as already explained, from the fact that these animals frequently assume positions resembling the cramped attitude common to persons afflicted by rheumatism.
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We have been mired in the superstition that sex is unclean, and therefore honesty and free expression in love matters have been tabued.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885
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