incestuous

incestuous
/in ses"chooh euhs/, adj.
1. involving incest.
2. guilty of incest.
3. being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning: an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.
[1525-35; < LL incestuosus, equiv. to L incestu- s. of incestus INCEST + -osus -OUS]

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