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noun
1.
a shipwrecked person.
2.
anything cast adrift or thrown away.
3.
an outcast.
adjective
4.
cast adrift.
5.
thrown away.
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Castaway
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
1520–30; noun, adj. use of verb phrase cast away
1520–30; noun, adj. use of verb phrase cast away
Synonyms
3. pariah, outlaw, leper.
3. pariah, outlaw, leper.
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Castaway definition
Gr. adokimos, (1 Cor. 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2 Tim. 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Heb. 6:8, etc.).
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