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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
ostracize
verb | OS-truh-sahyz
To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc. From the Greek word for pottery, "ostron," upon which members of ancient Athenian society are said to have written the names of those they considered a danger to the community. The unlucky winners of such a vote were then banished from the community.