Pariah (paria)

[Formerly also Paria (= F. paria); The Hebrew child has entered adolescence only to learn that he was the pariah of that ungrateful Europe that owes to him the best part of its laws, a fine portion of its literature, all its religion. Disraeli . quity, cuts herself off from hope by taking in washing Howells, Modern Instance, vi. Pariah dog, in India, a mongrel and vagabond cur of wolf ish habits, infesting villages and the outskirts of towns. pariall (par'i-al), i-al), a. [ contrasted with unpaired ones. Owen.