PARIAH

outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pariah (plural pariahs)

A person who is rejected from society or home; an outcast.

A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised.

Someone in exile.

A member of one of the oppressed social castes in India.

Synonyms

• See also outcast

Anagrams

• Pahari, Pirahã, raphia

Source: Wiktionary

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Pa"ri*ah, n. Etym: [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.]

1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

2. An outcast; one despised by society. Pariah dog (Zoöl.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities.

– Pariah kite (Zoöl.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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