English Explanatory Dictionary

incest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo.
  2. Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo.
verb
  1. To engage in incestuous sexual activities.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.sɛst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incest.wav

Word forms

incest incests incesting incested

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incestus. Displaced Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.

Synonyms

inbreeding

Antonyms

outbreeding

Related words

incestuous sisterfucker motherfucker brotherfucker

Derived words

anti-incest cousincest fauxcest Folgercest incested incester incestic incesting incestism incestlike incestophile incestophilia incestophobe incestophobia incestophobic incestual incestualist incestuality incestualize incestually incestuous incestuously incestuousness pro-incest proincest pseudoincest selfcest sibcest spiritual incest step-incest twincest Waycest wincest yaoicest yuricest
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