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† ˈcaitifness, -iveness Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
a. Wretchedness, misery.
b. Baseness.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. x. 255 The cause of al þys caitifte [v.r. caiteefnes] comeþ of meny bisshopes. c1400Judicium (1822) 13 The day is comen of catyfnes. 1481Caxton Myrr. iii. xxiii. 187 [In heuen] shal neuer be ony doubtaunce..of caytifnes ne of ony trybulacion. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. vi. 103 A strange caitivenesse and basenesse of disposition. |