incestuoso

incestuous

adjective een-cheh-stoo-OH-zoh Rare

Origin: Latin incestus (impure, unchaste)

Usage Note

Incestuoso describes a relationship, act, or situation involving incest. It is used literally in legal and criminal contexts, and figuratively (in journalism or literary criticism) to describe unhealthily close relationships between institutions — for example, rapporto incestuoso tra politica e affari (incestuous relationship between politics and business). The feminine is incestuosa.

Examples

"Il romanzo descrive un rapporto incestuoso tra fratelli."

Natural Translation

The novel describes an incestuous relationship between siblings.

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