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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having an extremely low probability of occurrence. Used of quantum phenomena.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Prohibited; interdicted.
  • A large variety of the common orange.
  • Figuratively, unlawful pleasure of any kind; specifically, illicit love.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Prohibited; interdicted.
  • adjective (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective not allowed.
  • verb Past participle of forbid

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective excluded from use or mention

Etymologies

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From to forbid.

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