caitiffn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪtɪf/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪdəf/

Forms: α. Middle English caitef, caiteff, caityf, caityue, kaitif, kaytefe, Middle English caytef, caytif, caytyf, caytyue, kaytiff, (Middle English–1500s plural kaytyves), Middle English–1600s caitife, caitive, caytife, caytive, Middle English–1700s caitif, Middle English kaytif(f)e, catyffe, ( caistiff), Scottish catif, (plural keyteyues, caytyveys, catyves), Middle English–1500s kaytyf, Middle English–1600s caytiffe, 1500s caytyfe, cayttiue, caytief(e, catif, Scottish catife, cative, catyue, (plural Scottish catevis), 1500s–1600s caitiffe, catiffe, (plural catives), 1600s catife, 1600s– caitiff. β. Middle English chaytif, cheitefe, chaitif, Middle English chaytyf.

Etymology: < Old Northern French caitif, caitive, captive, weak, miserable (= Provençal caitiu , captiu , -iva , Old Catalan captiu , -iva , Spanish cautivo , Old Spanish captivo , Portuguese cativo captive, Italian cattivo captive, lewd, bad) < Latin captīvum captive adj. and n. The central Old French form chaitif (whence modern French chétif, -ive, of little value, wretched, sorry, miserable) gave the English variant chaitif, frequent in 14–15th cent., but did not displace the earlier Norman form. The transition of meaning has taken place more or less in most of the Romanic languages.

A. n.

†1. Originally: A captive, a prisoner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun] > captivity > a captive

nomea1325

caitiff1330

captive?a1400

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 172 Galwes do ȝe reise, and hyng þis cheitefe.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxvi. 3 The deuyl & his aungels led vs caitifs in synne.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xvi. 7 Andronyk and Juliane..myn euene caytifs, or prisoneris.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 479 Thei..that..leden wommen caitifis.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lx^v/2 In whoes power he is kepte as a kaytyf in myserable seruitude.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 164 Thay have led you this day as vincust catives in triumphe.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. C1^v The sonnes of Cain as catiues and slaues, bend the will to such inhumane crueltie.

†2. Expressing commiseration: A wretched miserable person, a poor wretch, one in a piteous case. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > wretched person

wretchc1000

caitiffc1325

crachouna1400

wretcheda1425

miserable1484

miser1542

afflicted1545

seggon1570

elf1573

devil1593

wreck1795

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > wretch > [noun]

argha1275

mixa1300

caitiffc1325

crachouna1400

crathona1400

wretcheda1425

fouling?a1475

meschant1490

miscredent?a1500

ketterela1572

miscreant1590

scroyle1602

frummer1659

fustya1732

ramscallion1734

the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] > miserable person

armOE

ermingOE

wretchc1000

caitiffc1325

crachouna1400

miserable1484

miser1542

elf1573

angishore1835

c1325 Metr. Hom. 31 Hou sal it far of us kaytefes, That in sin and foli lyes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 859 Tuo woful wrecches been we, and kaytyves.

1520 Chron. Eng. v. f. 56/1 Alas sayd he, to us wretches and catyves is sorowe for our greate synnes.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Di^v From me catif alas bereued was Creusa then.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 108 Alas poore Catiue .

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 46 The carcase of the poore caitiffe.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 21 I pity'd the sad Punishment, The wretched Caitiffe underwent.

a. Expressing contempt, and often involving strong moral disapprobation: A base, mean, despicable ‘wretch’, a villain. In early use often not separable from sense A. 2 (esp. when applied by any one to himself): ‘it often implies a mixture of wickedness and misery’ (Johnson): cf. wretch n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person

wretchOE

filthOE

birdc1300

villain1303

caitiffc1330

crachouna1400

crathona1400

custronc1400

sloven?a1475

smaik?1507

rook?a1513

scavenger1563

scald1575

peasant1581

scaba1592

bezonian1592

slave1592

patchcock1596

muckworm1649

blackguard1732

ramscallion1734

nasty1825

cad1838

boundera1889

three-letter man1929

c1330 Amis & Amil. 1564 His wiif..With wordes hard and kene..seyd to him ‘Thou wreche chaitif’.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11815 Þat caitif [sc. Herod] vn-meth and vn-meke Nu bigines he to seke.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 91 He is a foule vylaynous kaytyf.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxiii^v Another Caytyfe, or myscheuous vylayne.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10352 As a caiteff, a coward, no knighthode at all.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 53 The wickedst caitiffe on the ground.

1632 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie (ed. 2) i. xvii That wretch, beast, caytive, monster Man.

1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 18 Caitiffs stand off; unhand me, Miscreants!

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 301 Two caitiffs..whose names are handed down to infamy.

b. Rarely as an error for caitifte: see caitifty n. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 11 Lord has turned away þe caitife of his folke.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7353 Wiþ caitif [Vesp. caitiuete] and care.

B. adj.

†1. Captive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [adjective] > capturing > made captive

captivec1374

caitiffa1382

caitivedc1440

captived1590

captured1796

snug1796

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. v. 13 Therfor lad caitif is my puple.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. iv. 8 He..ledde caitifte caytif, or prysonynge prisoned.

†2. Wretched, miserable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched

un-i-selieOE

drearyOE

unseelyOE

wretcha1122

usellc1175

unselea1200

wretcheda1200

misease?c1225

un-i-sele?c1250

wanlichec1275

miseasyc1300

wrackfulc1311

unblessed1340

wretchfula1382

wretchedful1382

caitiff1393

loddera1400

unhappena1400

pilledc1400

miserable?c1422

vengeablec1430

unhappyc1440

meschant?1473

miserousc1475

unselc1480

miser1542

forlorn1582

villainous1582

skybala1585

unblestful1608

despicable1635

haveless1868

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]

unledeeOE

sorryOE

evila1131

usellc1175

wanlichec1275

bad1276

sorry1372

meana1375

caitiff1393

loddera1400

woefula1400

foulc1400

wretched1450

meschant?1473

unselc1480

peevisha1522

miser1542

scurvy?1577

forlorn1582

villainous1582

measled1596

lamented1611

thrallfula1618

despicable1635

deplorable1642

so-and-so1656

poorish1657

squalida1660

lamentable1676

mesquina1706

shan1714

execrable1738

quisby1807

hole in the wall1822

measly1847

bum1878

shag-bag1888

snidey1890

pathetic1900

the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [adjective]

armlyeOE

un-i-selieOE

unledeeOE

unseelyOE

armOE

wretcha1122

unselea1200

wretcheda1200

wretchlyc1200

misease?c1225

wanlichec1275

miseasyc1300

wansomea1325

simplec1330

wretchfula1382

wretchedful1382

caitiff1393

loddera1400

desolate14..

disconsolatea1425

meschant?1473

miserousc1475

miser1542

unvisited1548

tribulate1575

happiless1582

uncomforted1583

blisslessa1586

uncomfortless1598

miserablea1616

thrallfula1618

calamitous1668

tribulated1682

donsie?1719

unsolaced1796

mis1939

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

unworthc893

unwrastc893

littleOE

narrow-hearteda1200

wretcha1200

unworthya1240

wretchedc1250

un-i-wrastc1275

bad1276

lechera1300

feeblea1325

despisablea1340

villain1340

contemptiblec1384

lousyc1386

caitiff1393

brothelyc1400

roinousa1425

poor1425

sevenpennyc1475

nasty1477

peakish1519

filthy1533

despectuous1541

beggary1542

scald1542

shitten?1545

disdainfula1547

contemptuous1549

despicable1553

skit-brained?1553

contemniblea1555

vile1560

sluttish1561

queer1567

scornful1570

scallardc1575

tinkerly?1576

worthless1576

beggarly?1577

paltry1578

halfpenny1579

dog bolt1580

pitiful1582

sneaking1582

triobolar1585

wormisha1586

baddy1586

dudgeon1592

measled1596

packstaff1598

roguey1598

roguish1601

contemptful1608

grovelling1608

lightly1608

disdainable1611

purulent1611

snotty-nose1622

vilipendious1630

cittern-headed1638

wormy1640

pissabed1643

triobolary1644

disparageable1648

blue-bellied1652

unestimable1656

scullion1658

piteous1667

dirty1670

shabbed1674

shabby1679

snotty1681

snotty-nosed1682

mucky1683

bollocky1694

scoundrel1700

scaldeda1704

sneaking1703

ficulnean1716

unsolid1731

pitiable1753

scrubby1754

inimitable1798

scrubbish1798

worm-likea1807

small1824

lowlife1827

ketty1828

skunkish1831

yellow-bellied1833

scaly1843

cockroachya1845

wutless1853

nigger1859

trashy1862

low-down1872

cruddy1877

shitty1879

tinhorn1886

blithering1889

motherfucking1890

snidey1890

pilgarlicky1894

shitass1895

shoddy1918

yah boo1921

bitching1929

shit-faced1932

turdish1936

fricking1937

jerk-off1937

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

snot-nosed1941

jerky1944

mother-loving1948

scroungy1948

fecking1952

pissant1952

shit-kicking1953

shit-eating1956

bumboclaat1957

rassclaat1957

shit-headed1959

farkakte1960

shithouse1966

daggy1967

dipshit1968

scuzzy1969

bloodclaat1971

bitch ass1972

wanky1972

streelish1974

twatty1975

twattish1976

dweeby1988

douchey1991

wank1991

cockish1996

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xv. 90 Noþer in cote noþer in caytyf hous was crist y-bore.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 236 Þei chosen chile and chaytif pouerte.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9086 Yee helpe me in þis caitiue cas.

c1400 Rom. Rose 211 Ful sade and caytif was she eek.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 58 Catyffe, calamitosus, dolorosus.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 15 Wee caytiefe Troians, with storms ventositye mangled.

3. Vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, ‘wretched’, ‘miserable’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective]

theowlikec1175

wickc1175

wretcha1200

lechera1300

vilea1300

feeblea1325

brothely1330

caitiffa1400

roinousa1425

basec1450

harlotry1486

filthy1533

brockish1546

vild1568

tinkerly?1576

scabbed?1577

miscreant1593

unnoble1593

slavish1597

rascally1600

roguish1601

sordidous1602

facinoriousa1616

scullion1658

dirty1670

shabbed1674

shabby1679

scoundrel1681

scabby1712

verminating1720

small1824

low-down1865

verminiferous1895

ragtime1917

ribby1936

raunchy1937

scungy1966

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16517 Ded es caitiue iudas nu.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1426 A caytif counsayl he caȝt bi hym seluen.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) viii. 21 When the Chaytyf body hath synned by his fals delytes.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 19 When Lolioes caytiue name is quite defa'st.

1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 130 An age so caytiffe, where braue, and courageous magistrates are wanting.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxxi. 265 [He] cursed their caitiff fears.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 3 Bandit earls, and caitiff knights.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 110 This or the other caitiff quality.

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单词	caitiff
释义	caitiffn.adj. Brit. /ˈkeɪtɪf/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdəf/ Forms: α. Middle English caitef, caiteff, caityf, caityue, kaitif, kaytefe, Middle English caytef, caytif, caytyf, caytyue, kaytiff, (Middle English–1500s plural kaytyves), Middle English–1600s caitife, caitive, caytife, caytive, Middle English–1700s caitif, Middle English kaytif(f)e, catyffe, ( caistiff), Scottish catif, (plural keyteyues, caytyveys, catyves), Middle English–1500s kaytyf, Middle English–1600s caytiffe, 1500s caytyfe, cayttiue, caytief(e, catif, Scottish catife, cative, catyue, (plural Scottish catevis), 1500s–1600s caitiffe, catiffe, (plural catives), 1600s catife, 1600s– caitiff. β. Middle English chaytif, cheitefe, chaitif, Middle English chaytyf. Etymology: < Old Northern French caitif, caitive, captive, weak, miserable (= Provençal caitiu , captiu , -iva , Old Catalan captiu , -iva , Spanish cautivo , Old Spanish captivo , Portuguese cativo captive, Italian cattivo captive, lewd, bad) < Latin captīvum captive adj. and n. The central Old French form chaitif (whence modern French chétif, -ive, of little value, wretched, sorry, miserable) gave the English variant chaitif, frequent in 14–15th cent., but did not displace the earlier Norman form. The transition of meaning has taken place more or less in most of the Romanic languages. A. n. †1. Originally: A captive, a prisoner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun] > captivity > a captive nomea1325 caitiff1330 captive?a1400 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 172 Galwes do ȝe reise, and hyng þis cheitefe. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxvi. 3 The deuyl & his aungels led vs caitifs in synne. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xvi. 7 Andronyk and Juliane..myn euene caytifs, or prisoneris. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 479 Thei..that..leden wommen caitifis. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lx^v/2 In whoes power he is kepte as a kaytyf in myserable seruitude. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 164 Thay have led you this day as vincust catives in triumphe. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. C1^v The sonnes of Cain as catiues and slaues, bend the will to such inhumane crueltie. †2. Expressing commiseration: A wretched miserable person, a poor wretch, one in a piteous case. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > wretched person wretchc1000 caitiffc1325 crachouna1400 wretcheda1425 miserable1484 miser1542 afflicted1545 seggon1570 elf1573 devil1593 wreck1795 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > wretch > [noun] argha1275 mixa1300 caitiffc1325 crachouna1400 crathona1400 wretcheda1425 fouling?a1475 meschant1490 miscredent?a1500 ketterela1572 miscreant1590 scroyle1602 frummer1659 fustya1732 ramscallion1734 the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] > miserable person armOE ermingOE wretchc1000 caitiffc1325 crachouna1400 miserable1484 miser1542 elf1573 angishore1835 c1325 Metr. Hom. 31 Hou sal it far of us kaytefes, That in sin and foli lyes. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 859 Tuo woful wrecches been we, and kaytyves. 1520 Chron. Eng. v. f. 56/1 Alas sayd he, to us wretches and catyves is sorowe for our greate synnes. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Di^v From me catif alas bereued was Creusa then. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 108 Alas poore Catiue . View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 46 The carcase of the poore caitiffe. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 21 I pity'd the sad Punishment, The wretched Caitiffe underwent. 3. a. Expressing contempt, and often involving strong moral disapprobation: A base, mean, despicable ‘wretch’, a villain. In early use often not separable from sense A. 2 (esp. when applied by any one to himself): ‘it often implies a mixture of wickedness and misery’ (Johnson): cf. wretch n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person wretchOE filthOE birdc1300 villain1303 caitiffc1330 crachouna1400 crathona1400 custronc1400 sloven?a1475 smaik?1507 rook?a1513 scavenger1563 scald1575 peasant1581 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 patchcock1596 muckworm1649 blackguard1732 ramscallion1734 nasty1825 cad1838 boundera1889 three-letter man1929 c1330 Amis & Amil. 1564 His wiif..With wordes hard and kene..seyd to him ‘Thou wreche chaitif’. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11815 Þat caitif [sc. Herod] vn-meth and vn-meke Nu bigines he to seke. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 91 He is a foule vylaynous kaytyf. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxiii^v Another Caytyfe, or myscheuous vylayne. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10352 As a caiteff, a coward, no knighthode at all. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 53 The wickedst caitiffe on the ground. View more context for this quotation 1632 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie (ed. 2) i. xvii That wretch, beast, caytive, monster Man. 1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 18 Caitiffs stand off; unhand me, Miscreants! 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 301 Two caitiffs..whose names are handed down to infamy. b. Rarely as an error for caitifte: see caitifty n. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 11 Lord has turned away þe caitife of his folke. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7353 Wiþ caitif [Vesp. caitiuete] and care. B. adj. †1. Captive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [adjective] > capturing > made captive captivec1374 caitiffa1382 caitivedc1440 captived1590 captured1796 snug1796 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. v. 13 Therfor lad caitif is my puple. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. iv. 8 He..ledde caitifte caytif, or prysonynge prisoned. †2. Wretched, miserable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched un-i-selieOE drearyOE unseelyOE wretcha1122 usellc1175 unselea1200 wretcheda1200 misease?c1225 un-i-sele?c1250 wanlichec1275 miseasyc1300 wrackfulc1311 unblessed1340 wretchfula1382 wretchedful1382 caitiff1393 loddera1400 unhappena1400 pilledc1400 miserable?c1422 vengeablec1430 unhappyc1440 meschant?1473 miserousc1475 unselc1480 miser1542 forlorn1582 villainous1582 skybala1585 unblestful1608 despicable1635 haveless1868 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [adjective] armlyeOE un-i-selieOE unledeeOE unseelyOE armOE wretcha1122 unselea1200 wretcheda1200 wretchlyc1200 misease?c1225 wanlichec1275 miseasyc1300 wansomea1325 simplec1330 wretchfula1382 wretchedful1382 caitiff1393 loddera1400 desolate14.. disconsolatea1425 meschant?1473 miserousc1475 miser1542 unvisited1548 tribulate1575 happiless1582 uncomforted1583 blisslessa1586 uncomfortless1598 miserablea1616 thrallfula1618 calamitous1668 tribulated1682 donsie?1719 unsolaced1796 mis1939 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible unworthc893 unwrastc893 littleOE narrow-hearteda1200 wretcha1200 unworthya1240 wretchedc1250 un-i-wrastc1275 bad1276 lechera1300 feeblea1325 despisablea1340 villain1340 contemptiblec1384 lousyc1386 caitiff1393 brothelyc1400 roinousa1425 poor1425 sevenpennyc1475 nasty1477 peakish1519 filthy1533 despectuous1541 beggary1542 scald1542 shitten?1545 disdainfula1547 contemptuous1549 despicable1553 skit-brained?1553 contemniblea1555 vile1560 sluttish1561 queer1567 scornful1570 scallardc1575 tinkerly?1576 worthless1576 beggarly?1577 paltry1578 halfpenny1579 dog bolt1580 pitiful1582 sneaking1582 triobolar1585 wormisha1586 baddy1586 dudgeon1592 measled1596 packstaff1598 roguey1598 roguish1601 contemptful1608 grovelling1608 lightly1608 disdainable1611 purulent1611 snotty-nose1622 vilipendious1630 cittern-headed1638 wormy1640 pissabed1643 triobolary1644 disparageable1648 blue-bellied1652 unestimable1656 scullion1658 piteous1667 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 snotty1681 snotty-nosed1682 mucky1683 bollocky1694 scoundrel1700 scaldeda1704 sneaking1703 ficulnean1716 unsolid1731 pitiable1753 scrubby1754 inimitable1798 scrubbish1798 worm-likea1807 small1824 lowlife1827 ketty1828 skunkish1831 yellow-bellied1833 scaly1843 cockroachya1845 wutless1853 nigger1859 trashy1862 low-down1872 cruddy1877 shitty1879 tinhorn1886 blithering1889 motherfucking1890 snidey1890 pilgarlicky1894 shitass1895 shoddy1918 yah boo1921 bitching1929 shit-faced1932 turdish1936 fricking1937 jerk-off1937 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 snot-nosed1941 jerky1944 mother-loving1948 scroungy1948 fecking1952 pissant1952 shit-kicking1953 shit-eating1956 bumboclaat1957 rassclaat1957 shit-headed1959 farkakte1960 shithouse1966 daggy1967 dipshit1968 scuzzy1969 bloodclaat1971 bitch ass1972 wanky1972 streelish1974 twatty1975 twattish1976 dweeby1988 douchey1991 wank1991 cockish1996 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xv. 90 Noþer in cote noþer in caytyf hous was crist y-bore. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 236 Þei chosen chile and chaytif pouerte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9086 Yee helpe me in þis caitiue cas. c1400 Rom. Rose 211 Ful sade and caytif was she eek. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 58 Catyffe, calamitosus, dolorosus. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 15 Wee caytiefe Troians, with storms ventositye mangled. 3. Vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, ‘wretched’, ‘miserable’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 wickc1175 wretcha1200 lechera1300 vilea1300 feeblea1325 brothely1330 caitiffa1400 roinousa1425 basec1450 harlotry1486 filthy1533 brockish1546 vild1568 tinkerly?1576 scabbed?1577 miscreant1593 unnoble1593 slavish1597 rascally1600 roguish1601 sordidous1602 facinoriousa1616 scullion1658 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 scoundrel1681 scabby1712 verminating1720 small1824 low-down1865 verminiferous1895 ragtime1917 ribby1936 raunchy1937 scungy1966 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16517 Ded es caitiue iudas nu. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1426 A caytif counsayl he caȝt bi hym seluen. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) viii. 21 When the Chaytyf body hath synned by his fals delytes. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 19 When Lolioes caytiue name is quite defa'st. 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 130 An age so caytiffe, where braue, and courageous magistrates are wanting. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxxi. 265 [He] cursed their caitiff fears. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 3 Bandit earls, and caitiff knights. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 110 This or the other caitiff quality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1325
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