- caitiff
- adjective Etymology: Middle English caitif, from Anglo-French caitif, chaitif wretched, despicable, from Latin captivus captive Date: 14th century cowardly, despicable • caitiff noun
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Caitiff — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los Caitiff, en el universo ficticio del juego de rol de Vampiro: La Mascarada, son vampiros de sangre tan débil que no se puede decir que pertenezcan a ningún clan. No se hallan en ellos las disciplinas… … Wikipedia Español
Caitiff — Cai tiff, n. A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A mean, despicable person; one whose… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Caitiff — Cai tiff, a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. ch[ e]tif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See {Heave}, and cf. {Captive}.] 1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caitiff — I adjective abject, afraid, base, baseborn, brutish, churlish, craven, currish, dastardly, despicable, faint hearted, fear stricken, ignoble, ignominious, low, lowborn, mean spirited, of low extraction, of low origin, of mean extraction, of mean… … Law dictionary
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 (Cf. captive), which was a later, scholarly borrowing of the same word). In most Romance languages, it… … Etymology dictionary
caitiff — [kāt′if] n. [ME < OFr caitif, a captive, wretched man < L captivus, CAPTIVE] a mean, evil, or cowardly person adj. evil, mean, or cowardly … English World dictionary
caitiff — 1. noun /ˈkeɪtɪf/ a) A base or despicable person; a wretch For, certes, lord, þer is noon of us alle / Þat she ne haþ been a duchesse or a queene. / Now be we caytyves, as it is wel seene, / Þanked be Fortune and hire false wheel b) a villain, a… … Wiktionary
Caitiff — A prisoner; a cowardly, wicked person. [< OldFr. caitiff = captive < Lat. captivus = captive] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
caitiff — /kay tif/, Archaic. n. 1. a base, despicable person. adj. 2. base; despicable. [1250 1300; ME caitif < AF < L captivus CAPTIVE] * * * … Universalium
Caitiff — Los Caittif, en el universo ficticio del juego de rol de , son chiquillos sin sire (bien porque fueron abandonan o porque los sire fueron destruidos). Muchas veces, en momentos concretos, un vampiro crea chiquillos sin tener permiso violando por… … Enciclopedia Universal
