Incestuously
[in-ses-choo-uh s] /ɪnˈsɛs tʃu əs/
adjective
1.
involving .
2.
guilty of .
3.
being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning:
an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.
/ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs/
adjective
1.
relating to or involving incest: an incestuous union
2.
guilty of incest
3.
(obsolete) resulting from incest: an incestuous bastard
4.
resembling incest in excessive or claustrophobic intimacy
adj.
1530s, from Latin incestuosus “incestuous,” from incestus “unchaste” (see incest). Figurative use is from 1744. Related: Incestuously; incestuousness.
incestuous in·ces·tu·ous (ĭn-sěs’chōō-əs)
adj.
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