forbidden

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/fəˈbɪdən/
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/fəˈbɪdən/ · [fəːˈbɪdən] ~ [fəˈbɪdn̩] · /fɚˈbɪdən/ · [fɚˈbɪdən] ~ [fɚˈbɪd.n̩] · /fəɾˈbɪdən/ · [fəɾˈbɪdən] ~ [fəɾˈbɪdn̩] · /fəˈbədən/ · [fəːˈbədən] ~ [fəˈbədn̩]

Definition of forbidden

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”
    “This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.”
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adj

  1. 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.”
    “This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of forbid

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Etymology

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

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