caitiff

Synonyymisanakirja: caitiff

caitiff

1. raukkamainen, pelokas, arkaismi, raukka.

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Riimisanakirja: caitiff

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Käännökset: caitiff

caitiff suomeksi

raukkamainen, raukka

caitiff englanniksi

• A base or despicable person; a wretch

• puhekieltä a captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave

• puhekieltä a villain, a coward or wretch

• Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Knight's Tale", The Canterbury Tales

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

• 1989, Anthony Burgess, The Devils Mode''

‘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.’

• Especially despicable; cowardly

• 1809, w:Washington Irving|Washington Irving, s:Knickerbockers History of New York/Book V/Chapter V|Knickerbocker's History of New York'',

Beshrew those caitiff scouts that conspired to sully his honest name by such an imputation!

• 1867, w:Dante Alighieri|Dante Alighieri, w:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (translator), s:The Divine Comedy/Inferno/Canto III|The Divine Comedy,

Commingled are they with that caitiff choir

: Of Angels, who have not rebellious been,

: Nor faithful were to God, but were for self.

• 1875, w:Sidney Lanier|Sidney Lanier, s:The Symphony|The Symphony,

Is Honor gone into his grave?

Hath Faith become a caitiff knave,

And Selfhood turned into a slave

: To work in Mammon’s cave,

:: Fair Lady?

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