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outcastish

outcastish adjective: similar to or resembling an outcast.

Adjective

outcastish

  1. (rare) Similar to or resembling an outcast.
    • Just think, I've exchanged smiles with those beautiful, clean young men that used to make me feel so lonely and outcastish when I strayed onto Fifth Avenue.1899, Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, “On The Night Of Her Debut”, in The Puritan, volume 5, page 14
    • I think that it is desirable for a boy to join one of these, and regrettable to be prevented from doing so because of finances; and I know that the ones who are thus prevented are inclined to feel outcastish.1936, Presbyterian Survey, volume 26, page 426

Origin of outcastish

From outcast + -ish. First use appears c. 1899. See cite below.

Questions about outcastish

What does outcastish mean?
Outcastish means similar to or resembling an outcast.
What part of speech is outcastish?
Outcastish is an adjective.

Words near outcastish in the dictionary

  1. outcasted
  2. outcasteing
  3. outcastes
  4. outcasting
  5. outcastings
  6. outcastish
  7. outcastness
  8. outcasts
  9. outcatch
  10. outcatches
  11. outcatching

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