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outcast.

To cast out; to banish.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈaʊtkɑːst/Received-Pronunciation/ˈaʊtkæst/General-American
  1. To cast out; to banish.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

adj/ˈaʊtkɑːst/Received-Pronunciation/ˈaʊtkæst/General-American
  1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

noun/ˈaʊtkɑːst/Received-Pronunciation/ˈaʊtkæst/General-American
  1. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.

    If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship.
  2. Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.

    broadly
  3. A quarrel.

    Scotland
  4. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.

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