Caitiff
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A “caitiff” (KAY-tif) – from the Latin for “captive” – is a mean, cowardly person.
Example (as used by Charles Reade in The Atlantic): “[The] towering threat and the flaming eye and the swift rush buffeted the caitiff away: He recoiled three steps, and nearly fell down.”
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