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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cest /ˈɪnsɛst/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Sociologysexual relations between persons so closely related that they are forbidden to marry.
in•ces•tu•ous /ɪnˈsɛstʃuəs/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cest (in′sest),USA pronunciation n. - Medicine, Anthropology, Sociologysexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Medicine, Sociology, Lawthe crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden.
- Latin incestus (noun, nominal) sexual impurity, derivative of incestus (adjective, adjectival) profane, sexually impure (in- in-3 + -cestus combining form of castus chaste), by analogy with verb, verbal nouns derived with -tus
- Middle English 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: incest /ˈɪnsɛst/ n - sexual intercourse between two persons commonly regarded as too closely related to marry
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin incestus incest (from adj: impure, defiled), from in-1 + castus chaste |