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    [Adjective]  | "ver*bo*ten" | \ vər-ˈbō-tᵊn \


    1: not permitted or allowed : forbidden or prohibited by or as if by authority


    Origin: 

     Borrowed from German, going back to Old High German farboten, past participle of farbiotan "to forbid," (parallel to Old English forbēodan "to {see: |forbid:1|forbid:1}"), from far-, fur- {see: |for-|for-} + biotan "to offer" {mat|bid:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "verboten" 


    1: that may not be permitted;


      * e.g., " ... a college campus on which any form of hate speech was strictly verboten "





     [ "verboten" ]

    1: (Adj) Excluded from use or mention.

      * e.g.,  ... I had no problem getting to second base with her, but the chastity belt told me going any further would be strictly verboten. 


     [ "verboten" ]

    2: Derived from the German word meaning forbidden.

     [ "Streng verboten" ]

    1: German for strictley forbidden

      * e.g.,  ... Me:my room is Streng verboten! 

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