Word: ostracize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: os
tra
cize
Definition: To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
Morphemes:
Affix: ostracize
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄστρᾰκον
Language: grc
Decoded: ostrakon
Meaning: earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd
Affix: -ῐ́ζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: suffix forming verbs