incestuous
/ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to or engaging in incest.
adj
Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders.
Example Sentences
- "If you engaged in an incestuous relationship with a family member, that would make you an inbreeder."
- "It’s an incestuous thing. Faculty at the liberal, Ivy League schools are involved in hiring other faculty, who later hire the next generation of faculty. There’s very little intellectual or philosophical diversity in our newsrooms as a result. Furthermore, as I pointed out in the book, there’s a large number of so-called journalists who work for Democrat politicians, who go back and forth between politics and journalism."
- "Democrats have the luxury of controlling the public narrative, thanks, in large part, to their incestuous relationship with the news media."
Etymology
Etymology tree English incest Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English incestuous From incest + -ous.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/
- British English: /ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/
Inflected Forms
more incestuous (comparative)
most incestuous (superlative)