Outcast

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈaÊŠtkɑːst/ (noun, adjective); IPA: /aÊŠtˈkɑːst/ (verb)
• Homophones: outcaste

Origin

From - + cast.

Full definition of outcast

Verb

1. To cast out; to banish. from 14th c.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:All as a blazing starre doth farre outcast
  His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispredd ....

Adjective

1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. from 14th c.
• LongfellowOutcast, rejected.

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (pariah) outsider, vagrant, exile, beggar

Derived terms

• social outcast

Anagrams

• acts out