caitiff

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Oh, self-care bad, Caitiff and craven and cowering, which had   Refused her an earthly fold!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

Caitiff, you knew there was another one worth all these twice told.'

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles

"Caitiff, you shall go no farther!" bellowed Ant�us, putting on a grimmer look than before; for he had heard of the mighty Hercules, and hated him because he was said to be so strong.

From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Caitiff, kā′tif, n. a mean despicable fellow.—adj. mean, base.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

His definition of the word Caitiff, in his Dictionary, may throw some light on this part of his character.

From A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) by Kelley, Robert E.