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Definition: Forbidden Fruit |
Forbidden FruitNoun1. The original forbidden fruit was an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Forbidden Fruit (The), Mahometan doctors aver, was the banana or Indian fig, because fig-leaves were employed to cover the disobedient pair when they felt shame as the result of sin. Called "Paradisaica." Metaphorically, unlawful = forbidden indulgence. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Motive | Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple. |
Prohibition | Noun: prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction; (restraint); hindrance; forbidden fruit; Maine law. |
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Crosswords: Forbidden Fruit |
| English words defined with "forbidden fruit": Adam's apple ♦ eden ♦ Garden of Eden ♦ original sin ♦ tree of knowledge. (references) |
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Lyrics | Forbidden fruit (What Would Happen; performing artist: Meredith Brooks) | |
Clever | Forbidden fruit creates many jams. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit (1923) Forbidden Fruit (1921) | |
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Expression using "forbidden fruit": song of the Sirens forbidden fruit. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
forbidden fruit | 81 |
forbidden fruit.com | 9 |
austin forbidden fruit | 6 |
forbidden fruit pic | 5 |
forbidden fruit rockville | 2 |
east forbidden fruit middle | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "forbidden fruit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 禁果 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | fruit défendu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verbotene früchte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 禁断の木の実 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | き" "の"のみ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orbiddenfay uitfray fruct oprit. (various references) запретный плод. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Drosophila melanogaster. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-f-f-i-i-n-o-r-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: unfortified. | |
-5 letters: brutified, diffident, erudition, fioriture, forbidden, forbidder, fortified, fortifier, introfied, outbidden, outridden, torrified. | |
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