incest

in·cest

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [in-sest]
- /ˈɪn sɛst/
- /ˈɪn.sest/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [in-sest]
- /ˈɪn sɛst/

Definitions of incest word

noun incest sexual intercourse between closely related persons. 1
noun incest the crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden. 1
noun incest Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other. 1
noun incest sex with close relative 1
uncountable noun incest Incest is the crime of two members of the same family having sexual intercourse, for example a father and daughter, or a brother and sister. 0
noun incest sexual intercourse between two persons commonly regarded as too closely related to marry 0

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Origin of incest

First appearance:

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; Middle English < Latin incestus (noun) sexual impurity, derivative of incestus (adj.) profane, sexually impure (in- in-3 + -cestus combining form of castus chaste), by analogy with v. nouns derived with -tus

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Parts of speech for Incest

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adverb

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preposition

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exclamation

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incest popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for incest

noun incest

inbreeding — the mating of closely related individuals, as cousins, sire-daughter, brother-sister, or self-fertilized plants, which tends to increase the number of individuals that are homozygous for a trait and therefore increases the appearance of recessive traits.

Just one Synonym for incest