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单词 outcast
释义 outcast
I. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English outcasten, from out + casten to cast — more at cast
: to cast out
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of outcasten
1. : regarded with contempt : despised
 < afraid lest she should be mixed up with something low, outcast, suspected — Rose Macaulay >
2. : rejected or cast out by society : friendless
 < a rebel, feared and outcast — Lewis Dent >
 < all alone beweep my outcast — Shakespeare >
3. : thrown aside : discarded
 < outcast beliefs >
III. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from outcast, adjective
1.
 a. : one who is cast out or refused acceptance by society : a friendless or rejected person : castaway
  < a social outcast >
  < a political outcast >
  < had no rights and no status and were considered outcasts — Morris Ploscowe >
 b. : something that is cast out
  < from being a cultural outcast science became a respectable and finally a dominant interest — Douglas Bush >
2. [out (III) + cast (after Scots cast out)] Scotland : quarrel
 < a bitter black outcast — Robert Burns >
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