outcast

Etymology 1

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

verb

  1. To cast out; to banish.

adj

  1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.

Etymology 2

From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.

noun

  1. One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper.
  2. (more generally) Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
    Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I 2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle (lyrics and music), “So Am I”, performed by Ava Max
  3. (Scotland) A quarrel.
  4. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

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