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
outcast (third-person singular simple present outcasts, present participle outcasting, simple past and past participle outcast)
To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]
outcast (comparative more outcast, superlative most outcast)
That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]
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.
• See also outcast
• acts out, cast out, outacts
Source: Wiktionary
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
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
