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out⋅cast
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[out-kast, -kahst] 
–noun
| 1. | a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society: In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons. |
| 2. | a homeless wanderer; vagabond. |
| 3. | rejected matter; refuse. |
–adjective
| 4. | cast out, as from one's home or society: an outcast son. |
| 5. | pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast: outcast misery. |
| 6. | rejected or discarded: outcast opinions. |
out⋅cast
2 [out-kast, -kahst] –noun Scot.
| a falling out; quarrel. |
Origin:
1590–1600; n. use of v. phrase (Scot) cast out
1590–1600; n. use of v. phrase (Scot) cast out
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| out·cast (out'kāst') n. One that has been excluded from a society or system. out'cast' adj. |
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Outcast
Out"cast`\, a. [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.] Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." --Longfellow.Outcast
Out"cast`\, n. 1. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond. The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. --Ps. cxlvii. 2. 2. A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Language Translation for : outcast
Spanish:
paria,
German:
der, *die Ausgestoßene,
Japanese:
追放された人
outcast (n.)
c.1300 "a person cast out or rejected," originally pp. of M.E. outcasten, from out + casten "to cast." The adj. is attested from c.1374. In an Indian context, outcaste "one who has been expelled from his caste" is from 1878; see caste.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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