OUTCAST

friendless, outcast

(adjective) excluded from a society

outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael

(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

outcast (third-person singular simple present outcasts, present participle outcasting, simple past and past participle outcast)

To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]

Adjective

outcast (comparative more outcast, superlative most outcast)

That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]

Etymology 2

Noun

outcast (plural outcasts)

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah. [from 14th c.]

Synonyms: outsider, vagrant, exile, beggar

(more generally) Someone who does not belong; a misfit.

(Scotland) A quarrel.

The amount of increase in bulk of grain in malting.

Synonyms

• See also outcast

Anagrams

• acts out, cast out, outacts

Source: Wiktionary

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Out"cast`, a. Etym: [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]

Definition: Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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