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forbidden fruit

Pronunciation: /fəˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹuːt/

The English word “forbidden fruit” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The fruit forbidden to Adam.
  2. Illicit pleasure.
  3. Something desired that cannot be had.
  4. A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits.

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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