persona non grata
noun/pɜːˌsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡrɑːtə/, /pɜːˌsəʊnə nəʊn ˈɡrɑːtə/
/pɜːrˌsəʊnə nɑːn ˈɡrɑːtə/
[uncountable] (from Latin)- a person who is not welcome in a particular place because of something they have said or done, especially one who is told to leave a country by the government
- Their ambassador was declared persona non grata and forced to leave the country.
Word OriginLatin, from persona (Latin, literally ‘mask, character played by an actor’) + non ‘not’ + grata, feminine of gratus ‘pleasing’.Definitions on the go
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