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caitiff
[ key-tif ]
noun
- a base, despicable person.
adjective
- base; despicable.
caitiff
/ ˈkeɪtɪf /
noun
- a cowardly or base person
adjective
- cowardly; base
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caitiff1
C13: from Old French caitif prisoner, from Latin captīvus captive
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Example Sentences
"Then I wash my hands of it all," cried the little self-deceiving caitiff; and he affected to have nothing to do with it.
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"The misproud and amphibious caitiff puts the monk upon me," said Richard to the Earl of Salisbury.
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The tyrant came to him, and with the poor caitiff's own whinger first struck him in the breast, and afterwards cast it at him.
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Alas that ever such a caitiff-knight as I am should have power by unhappiness to hurt the most noblest knight of the world.
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The caitiff yields quickest; the man who loves danger and adventure holds out longest.
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