untouchable

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: un=touch=a=ble

OXFORD DICTIONARY

untouchable, adj. & n.
--adj. that may not or cannot be touched.
--n. a member of a hereditary Hindu group held to defile members of higher castes on contact.

Usage

Use of the term, and social restrictions accompanying it, were declared illegal under the Indian constitution in 1949.

Derivative

untouchability n. untouchableness n.

THESAURUS

untouchable

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