incestuousadj.

/ɪnˈsɛstjuːəs/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -teous, -tious.

Etymology: < Latin incestuōsus, < incestus incest n.: see -ous suffix; compare French incestueux, -euse (13th cent. in. Godefroy).

a. Guilty of incest.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > of nature of or involving incest > guilty of incest

incestuous1552

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.ii^v Incesteous personis.

a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 368 Caius Caligula, that wicked and incestuous emperor.

1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 99 The [Romish] Church reputed those, who married together after their vowes, not only for adulterers, but also for incestuous persons.

1747 W. Collins Odes 7 Wrapt in thy cloudy Veil th' Incestuous Queen Sigh'd the sad Call her Son and Husband hear'd.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. vi. 128 The sway of an incestuous female. Martina.

figurative.1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 91 You Citie-Vipers, that (incestuous) ioyne Vse vpon vse, begetting Coyne of Coyne.

†b. Loosely or more vaguely: Adulterous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous

spouse-breaka1400

wedlock-breaking?a1400

adulterousa1425

adulterine?1533

adulterate1556

adulterated1592

mechal1608

incestuous1632

roving1692

1632 T. Heywood Iron Age ii. E^v I would not for the world, Priam should send Incestious Hellen backe on tearmes of peace.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 30.

a. Of the nature of or involving incest.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > of nature of or involving incest

incestuous1532

incestial1581

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 394/2 These shameles heretykes liue in open shamefull incestuous lechery, and call it matrimonie.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 238 Incestuous copulation should not once be accounted under the name of marriage.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 486 He openlie condemned the incestious Matrimonie of Herode with Herodias.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. xix. 399 The feare of the mention of such an incestuous marriage.

1766 W. Warburton Ded. to Freethinkers Postscr., in Wks. (1811) I. 182 Virtuous love, not adulterous or incestuous.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiii. 177 He had even trampled on the laws of Persia by an incestuous union with his sisters.

1879 J. R. Green Readings Eng. Hist. vii. 33 As the new Queen was Eadwig's kinswoman, the religious opinion of the day regarded his marriage as incestuous.

†b. figurative. Applied to other crimes committed between persons nearly akin. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally

statutory1678

aggravated1726

incestuous1744

first degree1851

thrill hold-up1928

white-collar crime1964

arrestable1965

victimless1965

1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 93 Her legions in incestuous murders [i.e. civil war] mix'd.

c. figurative use of sense 2a.

ΚΠ

1869 D. G. Rossetti Let. 27 Aug. (1965) II. 727 ‘Solemn poetry’ belongs to the class of phrases absolutely forbidden I think in poetry. It is intellectually incestuous,—poetry seeking to beget its emotional offspring on its own identity.

1971 Listener 2 Sept. 307/3 Systematising..the old-boy network..would almost undoubtedly exacerbate the incestuous intolerance of the present scene.

†3. Begotten of incest. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate > by incest

incestuous1588

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > of nature of or involving incest > begotten of incest

incestuous1588

1588 W. Allen Admon. to Nobility & People p. xi An incestuous [printed incestuons] bastard, begotten and borne in sinne, of an infamous curtesan.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 206 Th' incesteous infant, now at perfect groth Within the tree; indeuors to get forth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	incestuous
释义	incestuousadj. /ɪnˈsɛstjuːəs/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -teous, -tious. Etymology: < Latin incestuōsus, < incestus incest n.: see -ous suffix; compare French incestueux, -euse (13th cent. in. Godefroy). 1. a. Guilty of incest. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > of nature of or involving incest > guilty of incest incestuous1552 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. .ii^v Incesteous personis. a1592 H. Smith Wks.* (1867) II. 368 Caius Caligula, that wicked and incestuous emperor. 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 99 The [Romish] Church reputed those, who married together after their vowes, not only for adulterers, but also for incestuous persons. 1747 W. Collins Odes 7 Wrapt in thy cloudy Veil th' Incestuous Queen Sigh'd the sad Call her Son and Husband hear'd. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. vi. 128 The sway of an incestuous female. Martina. figurative.1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 91 You Citie-Vipers, that (incestuous) ioyne Vse vpon vse, begetting Coyne of Coyne. †b. Loosely or more vaguely: Adulterous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous spouse-breaka1400 wedlock-breaking?a1400 adulterousa1425 adulterine?1533 adulterate1556 adulterated1592 mechal1608 incestuous1632 roving1692 1632 T. Heywood Iron Age ii. E^v I would not for the world, Priam should send Incestious Hellen backe on tearmes of peace. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 30. 2. a. Of the nature of or involving incest. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > of nature of or involving incest incestuous1532 incestial1581 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 394/2 These shameles heretykes liue in open shamefull incestuous lechery, and call it matrimonie. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 238 Incestuous copulation should not once be accounted under the name of marriage. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 486 He openlie condemned the incestious Matrimonie of Herode with Herodias. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. xix. 399 The feare of the mention of such an incestuous marriage. 1766 W. Warburton Ded. to Freethinkers Postscr., in Wks. (1811) I. 182 Virtuous love, not adulterous or incestuous. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiii. 177 He had even trampled on the laws of Persia by an incestuous union with his sisters. 1879 J. R. Green Readings Eng. Hist. vii. 33 As the new Queen was Eadwig's kinswoman, the religious opinion of the day regarded his marriage as incestuous. †b. figurative. Applied to other crimes committed between persons nearly akin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally statutory1678 aggravated1726 incestuous1744 first degree1851 thrill hold-up1928 white-collar crime1964 arrestable1965 victimless1965 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 93 Her legions in incestuous murders [i.e. civil war] mix'd. c. figurative use of sense 2a. ΚΠ 1869 D. G. Rossetti Let. 27 Aug. (1965) II. 727 ‘Solemn poetry’ belongs to the class of phrases absolutely forbidden I think in poetry. It is intellectually incestuous,—poetry seeking to beget its emotional offspring on its own identity. 1971 Listener 2 Sept. 307/3 Systematising..the old-boy network..would almost undoubtedly exacerbate the incestuous intolerance of the present scene. †3. Begotten of incest. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate > by incest incestuous1588 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > of nature of or involving incest > begotten of incest incestuous1588 1588 W. Allen Admon. to Nobility & People p. xi An incestuous [printed incestuons] bastard, begotten and borne in sinne, of an infamous curtesan. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 206 Th' incesteous infant, now at perfect groth Within the tree; indeuors to get forth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1532
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