Associations to the word «Outcast»

Wiktionary

OUTCAST, verb. To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]
OUTCAST, adjective. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]
OUTCAST, noun. One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah. [from 14th c.]

Dictionary definition

OUTCAST, noun. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
OUTCAST, adjective. Excluded from a society.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats