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Definition of pariahdom - 1 dictionary result

pa⋅ri⋅ah

[puh-rahy-uh]
–noun
1. an outcast.
2. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.
3. (initial capital letter) a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma.

Origin:
1605–15; < Tamil paṟaiyar, pl. of paṟaiyan lit., drummer (from a hereditary duty of the caste), deriv. of paṟai a festival drum


pa⋅ri⋅ah⋅dom, noun
pa⋅ri⋅ah⋅ism, noun
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