Definitions for incest

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incest in·cest

Spelling: [in-sest]

IPA: /ˈɪn sɛst/

Incest is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in incest (ceinst).

Definitions for incest

noun

1. sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
2. the crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden.

Origin of incest

1175-1225; Middle English Latin incestus (noun) sexual impurity, derivative of incestus (adj.) profane, sexually impure (in- in-³ + -cestus combining form of