outcast

outcast · verb, adjective¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromoutcasten
2. English todayoutcast

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

outcast · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromoutcaste
2. English todayoutcast

From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.

First known use, by meaning

• from 14th c. To cast out; to banish.
• from 14th c. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
• from 14th c. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.