os´tra|ciz´er

os´tra|ciz´er
os|tra|cize «OS truh syz», transitive verb, -cized, -ciz|ing.
1. to condemn to leave a country; banish. The ancient Greeks ostracized a dangerous or unpopular citizen by public vote on ballots consisting of potsherds or tiles.
2. Figurative. to shut out from society, from favor, from privileges, or from association with one's fellows: »

A boy who boasts too much or tries to show off in a new school is sometimes ostracized until he learns how to get on with his new schoolmates.

[< Greek ostrakízein < óstrakon tile, potsherd, related to ostéon bone]
os´tra|ciz´er, noun.

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