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Forbidden fruit

//fə.ˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹuːt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fruit forbidden to Adam. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    originally 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) wordnet
  3. 3
    Illicit pleasure. countable, idiomatic, uncountable
  4. 4
    Something desired that cannot be had. countable, uncountable

    "She was forbidden fruit because she was his teacher. This taboo made him want a relationship with her even more."

  5. 5
    A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits. countable, uncountable

Etymology

With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)

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