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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ces•tu•ous (in ses′cho̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicine, Anthropology, Sociologyinvolving incest.
- Sociology, Lawguilty of incest.
- being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning:an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.
- Late Latin incestuōsus, equivalent. to Latin incestu- stem of incestus incest + -ōsus -ous
- 1525–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: incestuous /ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs/ adj - relating to or involving incest: an incestuous union
- guilty of incest
- resembling incest in excessive or claustrophobic intimacy
inˈcestuously adv inˈcestuousness n in•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
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