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/kˈæstəwˌeɪ/ Listen

noun

Castaway n.

One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. "Lest... when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."

adjective

Castaway adj. Of no value; rejected; useless.

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Etymology of 'Castaway'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Castaway" Quotes from Famous Books

... weakness, but was raised in power, strength being made perfect in weakness. Therefore improve your fellows, though yourself you cannot raise. The knowledge that you have sent many souls to heaven, though you are yourself a castaway, will give you unspeakable joy, and place you in heaven wherever you may be. Yet remember this: none of us can win heaven; salvation is the gift of God. I have said as much now as you can remember. Farewell. Improve time while ...

— A Journey in Other Worlds • J. J. Astor

... and feel my kiss Creep, as the Spring now thrills through every spray, Up your warm throat to your warm lips: for this Is even the hour of Love's sworn suitservice, With whom cold hearts are counted castaway. ...

— The House of Life • Dante Gabriel Rossetti

... and sent to him on the day of his trial a full confession of the murder, signed with my name—and that confession he would not use; he would not inculpate his son; for ten years he has chosen rather to labor under the imputation of murder, than blacken the name of a castaway son, whose character was wretched already, and whom he ...

— Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee • John Esten Cooke

... contrived to help this poor castaway with the veriest scrapings of a miserly household. The old man, soured by his great disappointment, grew sordid and covetous with increasing years, and the lives of the women were hard and hopeless. By little cheats, ...

— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon

... show that a shipwreck had taken place recently. It is true that, as Gideon Spilett observed, any remains of it might have drifted out to sea, and they must not take it for granted that because they could find no traces of it, a ship had not been castaway on the coast. ...

— The Mysterious Island • Jules Verne

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