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▪ I. outcaste, n. (a.)|ˈaʊtˌkɑːst, -æ-|
[Cf. out- 12.]
One who has lost or is put out of his caste. Also, One of no caste.
1876Encycl. Brit. V. 191 On a forfeiture of caste by either spouse intercourse ceases between the spouses; if the outcaste be a sonless woman, she is accounted dead. 1894J. T. Wheeler Short Hist. India 59 Besides the four castes [of the Hindu people], there is a large population known as Pariahs or outcastes. They are altogether inferior to the Súdras, and were probably the Helots of India when the Súdras were masters. [But see pariah.]
b. as adj. Outside caste; of no caste.
1894R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 37 They have no law. They are outcaste.
▪ II. ˌoutˈcaste, v.
[Cf. out- 26: see caste n. 2, 3.]
trans. To put (a person) out of his caste; to deprive of caste; to cause to lose caste. Also refl.
1867Native Opinion 1 Dec., A man will be outcasted if he observes mourning for one day instead of two, or partakes of boiled rice with his coat on. 1889Times 21 Oct. 5/3 Two members of the Jain community have recently been outcasted by their co-religionists for visiting England. 1894Mission. Herald (Boston) Aug. 329 By this act he not only outcasted his son but also incurred the displeasure of all his caste people. 1915Kipling New Army in Training 64 What will be the position..of the young man who has deliberately elected to outcaste himself from this all-embracing brotherhood?
Hence ˌoutˈcasted ppl. a., ˌoutˈcasting vbl. n.
1886Pall Mall G. 27 May 11/2 The caste system has been so very much battered about, that outcasting has lost almost all its terrors. 1891Daily News 12 Jan. 5/6 Measures taken with this object would be illusory so long as ‘outcasting’ was possible. |