EXILE
What does "EXILE" mean?
The state of being barred from one's home country, or a person so barred.
Meanings
- Enforced or voluntary absence from one's native land. The poet spent the last decade of his life in exile.
- A person who lives away from their homeland, willingly or by force. The cafe was a meeting place for political exiles.
- To banish someone from their country or community. The new government exiled its harshest critics.
Did you know?
- The Roman poet Ovid was exiled to the Black Sea by Augustus in AD 8 and never allowed home; he blamed 'a poem and a mistake', but the exact offence has been argued over for two thousand years.
Word origin
From Latin 'exsilium' (banishment) and 'exsul' (a banished person), entering English via Old French 'exil'; linked to 'ex-' (out) and a root meaning to wander or be driven.
Remember it
EX-ILE: an exile is sent to an outer ISLE - EX (out) of the homeland.
A little poem
Same moon, wrong window-
he names each foreign street, then
dreams in his old tongue.
haiku
What it teaches
Exile teaches a hard arithmetic: home was never the ground, it was the people standing on it.
Quick facts
What does EXILE mean?
The state of being barred from one's home country, or a person so barred.
Is EXILE a valid word?
Yes — EXILE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EXILE?
EXILE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EXILE come from?
From Latin 'exsilium' (banishment) and 'exsul' (a banished person), entering English via Old French 'exil'; linked to 'ex-' (out) and a root meaning to wander or be driven.
What can EXILE teach us?
Exile teaches a hard arithmetic: home was never the ground, it was the people standing on it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.