proscribed
adjective, verb
proscribed is an adjective meaning “Forbidden or prohibited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-E-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does proscribed mean?
adjective
- 1
Forbidden or prohibited.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of proscribe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce proscribed?
Proscribed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of proscribed
- more proscribed comparative
- most proscribed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is proscribed?
Proscribed appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Proscribed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense adjective:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | proscripto, semiculto, que se proscribe |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.