outcast

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ (noun, adjective); /aʊtˈkɑːst/ (verb)
• (GA) IPA: /ˈaʊtkæst/ (noun, adjective); /aʊtˈkæst/ (verb)

Verb

outcast (outcasts, present participle outcasting; past and past participle outcast)

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

outcast

1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]

   • Outcast, rejected.

Noun

outcast (plural outcasts)

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

   Synonyms: outsider, vagrant, exile, beggar

2. (more generally) Someone who does not belong; a misfit.
3. (Scotland) A quarrel.
4. The amount of increase in bulk of grain in malting.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:outcast

Translations

• French: paria, proscrit, proscrite
• German: Außenseiter, Außenseiterin, Ausgestoßener, Ausgestoßene, Ausgestossener (Switzerland), Ausgestossene (Switzerland)
• Italian: emarginato, emarginata, reietto, reietta, paria (male or female)
• Portuguese: deslocado, deslocada, excluído, excluída, pária
• Russian: изго́й
• Spanish: proscrito, proscrita, paria, marginado, marginada

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