OSTRACIZED

Verb

ostracized

simple past tense and past participle of ostracize

Adjective

ostracized (comparative more ostracized, superlative most ostracized)

Blackballed.

Banished by ostracism.

Anagrams

• Socratized, socratized

Source: Wiktionary


OSTRACIZE

Os"tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing.] Etym: [Gr. Osseous, Oyster.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.)

Definition: To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. Grote.

2. To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. Marvell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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