LekhoriLekhoriA base or despicable person; a wretch.
‘There are plenty of Huns who have defected to the Romans, seeking gold and a quiet life. One of my first tasks as paramount chief is to bring those caitiffs back and crucify them.’
A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave.
"How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff."
A villain, a coward or wretch.
Especially despicable; cowardly
Beshrew those caitiff scouts that conspired to sully his honest name by such an imputation!
From Middle English caitif, from Anglo-Norman caitif (“captive”), akin to Old French chaitif (French chétif) and Middle Dutch keytyf, from a Vulgar Latin *cactīvus alteration via Gaulish influence fro...
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