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incestuous

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈsɛstʃuəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪnˈsɛstʃuəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(in ses′cho̅o̅ əs)

in•ces•tu•ous (in ses′cho̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj.

Medicine, Anthropology, Sociologyinvolving incest.
Sociology, Lawguilty of incest.
being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning:an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.

Late Latin incestuōsus, equivalent. to Latin incestu- stem of incestus incest + -ōsus -ous
1525–35

in•ces′tu•ous•ly, adv.
in•ces′tu•ous•ness, n.

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incestuous /ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs/ adj

relating to or involving incest: an incestuous union
guilty of incest
resembling incest in excessive or claustrophobic intimacy

inˈcestuously adv inˈcestuousness n

in•cest /ˈɪnsɛst/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Sociologysexual relations between persons so closely related that they are forbidden to marry.

in•ces•tu•ous /ɪnˈsɛstʃuəs/USA pronunciation adj.

in•cest (in′sest),USA pronunciation n.

Medicine, Anthropology, Sociologysexual intercourse between closely related persons.
Medicine, Sociology, Lawthe crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden.

Latin incestus (noun, nominal) sexual impurity, derivative of incestus (adjective, adjectival) profane, sexually impure (in- in-³ + -cestus combining form of castus chaste), by analogy with verb, verbal nouns derived with -tus
Middle English 1175–1225

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