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