caitiff
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tɪf noun
1.
a base, despicable person.
adjective
2.
base; despicable.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a cowardly or base person |
| —adj | |
| 2. | cowardly; base |
| [C13: from Old French caitif prisoner, from Latin captīvus | |
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Caitiff
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Word Origin & History
caitiff
c.1300, from O.N.Fr. caitive "captive, miserable" (O.Fr. chatif, 12c., Mod.Fr. chétif "puny, sickly, poor, weak"), from L. captivum (see captive, which was a later, scholarly borrowing of the same word). In most Romance languages, it has acquired a pejorative sense.
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Example sentences
It was for vengeance upon a caitiff knight, who had made her lover captive and despoiled her of her lands.
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