caitiff
a base, despicable person.
base; despicable.
Origin of caitiff
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How to use caitiff in a sentence
"Then I wash my hands of it all," cried the little self-deceiving caitiff; and he affected to have nothing to do with it.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade"The misproud and amphibious caitiff puts the monk upon me," said Richard to the Earl of Salisbury.
The Talisman | Sir Walter ScottThe tyrant came to him, and with the poor caitiff's own whinger first struck him in the breast, and afterwards cast it at him.
Alas that ever such a caitiff-knight as I am should have power by unhappiness to hurt the most noblest knight of the world.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) | Thomas MaloryThe caitiff yields quickest; the man who loves danger and adventure holds out longest.
Damn! | Henry Louis Mencken
British Dictionary definitions for caitiff
/ (ˈkeɪtɪf) archaic, or poetic /
a cowardly or base person
cowardly; base
Origin of caitiff
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