单词 | discaste |
释义 | discastev. Now rare. transitive. Chiefly in Indian contexts: to exclude (a person) from a caste; to cause (a person) to become excluded. Cf. caste n. 2.In quot. 1847: to render (a subject) separate or divorced from caste. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > accord social rank to [verb (transitive)] > deprive of rank or class disgentilize1621 disknight1621 dislady1631 discaste1847 outcaste1867 disclass1868 demote1872 1847 B. H. Hodgson Preeminence of Vernaculars (ed. 4) iv. 75 Now, I consider that if we would benefit India by book learning, it must be..by reaching the many by discasting book lore or enfranchising it in fact. 1879 S. C. Dutt Hist. Stud. & Recreations II. vi. 78 Bráhmans who were discasted by the Mahomedans by being forced to eat or smell beef. 1881 Sat. Rev. No. 1323. 318 With the deliberate and formal purpose of discasting idolators. 1999 D. L. L. Panisseni India (Glossary) 211 Generally, the sons and daughters accept their parents' choice..; if it were not so, they would become discasted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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