Crossword-Solution: CAITIFF
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Caitiff | a. | Captive; wretched; unfortunate. |
| Caitiff | a. | Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. |
| Caitiff | n. | A captive; a prisoner. |
| Caitiff | n. | A wretched or unfortunate man. |
| Caitiff | n. | A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “CAITIFF”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BASE, despicable person (arch.) | 1 answer |
| Cowardly person, old style. | 1 answer |
| DESPICABLE person (arch.) | 1 answer |
| Cowardly person | 5 answers |
| Mean person | 9 answers |
| A COWARDLY AND DESPICABLE PERSON | 11 answers |
| wicked person | 25 answers |
| wretch | 35 answers |
| Cowardly ___ | 45 answers |
| bad guy | 54 answers |
| Villain | 61 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CAITIFF (5)
But since ye require me to put a price upon this caitiff, I tell you openly that ye will wrong yourselves if you take from him a penny under a thousand crowns.” “A sentence!—a sentence!” exclaimed the chief Outlaw.
The dame wax'd hotter--"Speak out, lad, say, Must we fall in that canting caitiff's power? Shall we yield to a knave and a turncoat? Nay, I had liever leap from our topmost tower.
CLXXXVIII Out of his swoon awakens Marsilies, And has him borne his vaulted roof beneath; Many colours were painted there to see, And Bramimunde laments for him, the queen, Tearing her hair; caitiff herself she clepes; Also these words cries very loud and clear: "Ah! Sarraguce, henceforth forlorn thou'lt be Of the fair king that had thee in his keep! All those our gods have wrought great felony, Who in battle this morning failed at need.
Ere their sowing's ended They turn them on their track, Look at the caitiff craven wights Repentant, hurrying back! Grown ashamed of nowhere, Of rags endured for years, Lust for velvet in their hearts, Pierced with Mammon's spears, All but a few fanatics Give up their darling goal, Seek to be as others are, Stultify the soul.
Give him his death; but let him not divine Thy thought, nor grant him respite; for before Thine eyes, concealed by it, the caitiff slips If once he place the ring between his lips." LXXV Discoursing thus, they came upon the sea Where Garonne near fair Bordeaux meets the tide; Here, fellow travellers no more to be, Some natural tears they drop and then divide.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1962–1985).