as n. ? Wretch, betrayer, enemy. Obsolete.

A wretch; a vile person; a fool.

Expressing commiseration: A wretched miserable person, a poor wretch, one in a piteous case. Obsolete.

A word of uncertain origin, frequent in Cursor Mundi, the later texts of which render it caitiff or wretch.

A term of depreciation: (apparently) Craven, caitiff.

absol., in singular or plural sense.

A wicked or immoral person. Obsolete.

A wretch, a villain; an evildoer.

= miscreant, n.

A vile or filthy wretch.

A villain, scoundrel; a rebel, criminal, or felon. Now frequently in weakened sense: a minor offender, reprobate.

A scoundrel, wretch.

Used as n.: A ‘seedy’ person. Obsolete.

A worthless, dirty, or disreputable person; a vagrant. Cf. rapscallion, n.