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单词 ostracy
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ostracyn.

Forms: 1500s ostracie, 1600s ostracy.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French ostracisme , -y suffix3.
Etymology: < ostrac- (in Middle French ostracisme: see ostracism n.) + -y suffix3. Compare slightly later ostracism n.In quot. 1579 translating a Middle French version (1565) of Plutarch's original Greek. Plutarch is citing the ancient comic poet Plato who here uses ὄστρακα , plural of ὄστρακον ostracon n. in the sense ‘ostracism’.
Obsolete. rare.
Ostracism.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] > temporary > by writing names on potsherds
ostracy1579
ostracism1588
ostracizinga1801
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 587 The Ostracie [Fr. ostracisme] deuised was for men of noble fame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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