Despite its spelling, the adjective verboten has nothing to do with verb, or any of the other words in English related to Latin verbum. Rather, verboten comes from German, and originally from Old High German farboten, the past participle of the verb farbioten, meaning "to forbid." (Forbid...
A German word meaning forbidden. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Adj.1.verboten- excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and pla...
This wasoriginallyaGermanwordmeaning"forbidden": Talkingpoliticsatworkused to be verboten - just likediscussingsexandreligion. Heclaimedthat theunjusttreatmentofNativeAmericansis a verbotensubjectin many Americanschools. More examples There are somepeoplewithfishallergiesin thefamily, which makes the use ...