(n)a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature, Syn.tabu
n. A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [ Written also tabu. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tabooed p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing. ] To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [ Written also tabu. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Written also tabu and tapu. ] [ Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition. ] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[ふりょうろうねん, furyourounen](n) old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos[Add to Longdo]
[きたまくら;キタマクラ, kitamakura ; kitamakura](n) (1) lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); (2) (uk) brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)[Add to Longdo]