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Word: Incest
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Latin incestus, incestum ‘unchastity, incest’, from in- ‘not’ + castus ‘chaste’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪnsɛst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other.
Short Definition:sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other
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