Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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
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
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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