unousted

oust

[oust]
verb (used with object)
1.
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the Prime Minister in the next election.
2.
Law. to eject or evict; dispossess.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French ouster to remove, Old French oster < Latin obstāre to stand in the way, oppose (ob- ob- + stāre to stand)

un·oust·ed, adjective


1. eject, banish, evict, dislodge.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To unousted
Collins
World English Dictionary
oust (aʊst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to force out of a position or place; supplant or expel
2.  property law to deprive (a person) of the possession of land
 
[C16: from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre to withstand, from ob- against + stāre to stand]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Unousted is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. 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.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

oust
early 15c., from Anglo-Fr. oster (late 13c.), O.Fr. oster "put out, keep off, remove, avert" (Fr. ôter), from L. obstare "stand opposite to, block, hinder," from ob "against" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT