"offscouring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: offscourings [plural]
Etymology: From off- + scouring. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|off|scouring}} off- + scouring Head templates: {{en-noun}} offscouring (plural offscourings)
  1. Refuse removed from something by scouring. Translations (refuse from scouring): κάθαρμα (kátharma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), измет (izmet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отди́рка (otdírka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-offscouring-en-noun-x~tB9H65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with off- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'refuse from scouring': 94 6
  2. (figuratively) An outcast, a pariah. Tags: figuratively Translations (pariah): парий (parij) [masculine] (Bulgarian), изго́й (izgój) [masculine] (Russian), отбро́сы (otbrósy) [plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-offscouring-en-noun-L7k2TVZx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with off- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'pariah': 7 93

Inflected forms

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