- ostracize (v.)
[ostracize 词源字典]
- 1640s, from Greek ostrakizein "to banish," literally "to banish by voting with potshards" (see ostracism). Figurative sense of "to exclude from society" is attested from 1640s. Related: Ostracization; ostracized; ostracizing.[ostracize etymology, ostracize origin, 英语词源]