exodus

From Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “expedition, procession, departure”). From late Old English only as a proper noun, Exodus, the biblical book; use as a common noun is from the early 17th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksədəs/

exodus (plural exoduses)

1. A sudden departure of a large number of people.

   There was an exodus when the show ended.

   In the movie The Sinking of Japan, virtually all Japanese desperately try to find any form of transportation out of Japan in a massive exodus to flee the sinking country.

exodus (third-person singular simple present exoduses, present participle exodusing, simple past and past participle exodused)

1. To depart from a place in a large group.

• udoxes

• “exodus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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exodus m (plural exodussen, diminutive exodusje n)

1. exodus

• uittocht