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7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a cowardly and despicable person
adjective despicably mean and cowardly
originFrom 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 from Latin captīvus (“captive”); compare Italian cattivo (“bad, wicked”). Doublet of captive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0