Added 9 October 2026
outcast
/ˈaʊtkɑːst/ verb
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adjective
- That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
noun
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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.
- Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
- A quarrel.
Origin
From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.
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