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forbidden adjective. ME.
[from FORBID verb + -EN6.]
1. That has been forbidden; prohibited, banned; out of bounds. ME.
forbidden degrees: see DEGREE noun. forbidden fruit (a) the fruit forbidden to Adam (Genesis 2:17); fig. illicit pleasure; (b) any of several varieties of citrus fruit, esp. the shaddock, Citrus maxima. forbidden ground: see GROUND noun.
J. Conrad It is deadly because of its forbidden treasures. O. Manning Harriet was doubtful about this essay into forbidden territory.
2. Physics. Designating or involving a transition between two quantum-mechanical states that does not conform to some selection rule, esp. for electric dipole radiation. E20.
forbiddenly adverb (rare) E17.
forbiddenness [-n-n-] noun M17.