ostracized

Variant of ostracize

ostracize definition

os·tra·cize (äs′trə sīz′)

transitive verb ostracized -·cized′, ostracizing -·ciz′·ing

to banish, bar, exclude, etc. by ostracism

Etymology: Gr ostrakizein, to exile by votes written on tiles or potsherds < ostrakon, a shell, potsherd, akin to osteon, bone: see ossify

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