“outcasts” is a form of
outcast
UK /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ · US /ˈaʊtkæst/ verb, adjective, noun
Forms outcasts outcasting outcasted
- verb (transitive) To cast out; to banish.
- adjective That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
- noun One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. “If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship.”
- noun (more generally) Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
- noun (Scotland) A quarrel.
- noun The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.
Synonyms
outsider abject castaway deviant exile fremd leper misfit offscouring overcast pariah reject untouchable Ishmael friendless
Etymology
From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.
From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.
- noun One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.
- noun A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Etymology [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “outcast”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details