outcast

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ (noun, adjective); /aʊtˈkɑːst/ (verb) (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtkæst/ (noun, adjective); /aʊtˈkæst/ (verb) Rhymes: -aʊtkɑːst, -ɑːst, -aʊtkæst, -æst Homophone: outcaste === Etymology 1 === From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- +‎ cast. ==== Verb ==== outcast (third-person singular simple present outcasts, present participle outcasting, simple past and past participle outcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) outcasted) (transitive) 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 === From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- +‎ cast. ==== Noun ==== outcast (plural outcasts) One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.] (more generally) Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. (Scotland) A quarrel. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:outcast ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === acts out, cast out, outacts