† caitiftycaitivetien.
Obsolete.
1. Captivity.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun] > captivity
caitiftya1300
caitifdom1382
captivityc1400
captivance1590
captivation1610
chain1667
fetter1704
captivement1714
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23626 Þe gode..sal liue in fredom fre, þe wicked..euer in caitiuete.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Isa. Prol. The ten lynages led in to caitiftie.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. iv. 8 He styȝinge into hiȝ, ledde caitifte caytif.
2. Wretchedness, misery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [noun]
uselldomc1175
yomernessc1250
caitifty1340
miseryc1375
deploration1490
caitifdoma1500
villainya1571
deplorableness1649
sorriness1668
squalor1860
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun]
unselthc888
ermtheOE
unselea1023
wellawayOE
wretchhead1154
wandrethc1175
woec1175
wanea1200
wretchdom?c1225
yomernessc1250
balec1275
un-i-selec1275
wan-siðc1275
unseelinessa1300
wretchedheada1300
cursedness1303
wretcheddomc1320
wrechea1325
wretchnessa1330
tribulationc1330
wretchednessa1340
caitifty1340
meeknessa1382
unwealsomeness1382
infelicityc1384
caitifhedea1400
ill liking?a1400
sorea1400
ungleea1400
unweala1400
caitifnessc1400
deploration1490
caitifdoma1500
woefulnessa1513
misery1527
miserity1533
mishappinessa1542
unwealfulnessa1555
tribulance1575
miserableness1613
agony1621
desolatenessa1626
unblissa1628
unhappiness1722
misère1791
shadow1855
valley1882
miz1918
the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > state of misery
wretchhead1154
uselldomc1175
wretchdom?c1225
yomernessc1250
wan-siðc1275
werea1300
wretchedheada1300
cursedness1303
wrechea1325
wretchnessa1330
wretchednessa1340
caitifty1340
miseryc1375
caitifhedea1400
languora1400
caitifnessc1400
deploration1490
caitifdoma1500
pitya1500
unkindness1502
woefulnessa1513
miserability1559
villainya1571
ungraciousness1578
miserableness1613
deplorableness1649
misère1791
dismals1829
unblessedness1836
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 455 My moder has consayved me In syn and in caytefte.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 255 The cause of al þys caitifte · comeþ of meny bisshopes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7353 Wit caitiuete and care He sal vte o þis werld fare.
3. Vileness, wicked baseness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [noun]
shendfulness?c1225
vilety?c1225
vilehead1340
wretchedness1389
caitifness1393
caitifhedea1400
caitiftya1400
unnoblenessc1400
unnobilitya1425
unnobletya1425
vilitya1425
vileness1526
lousiness1530
infamya1535
baseness1548
vildness1597
shabbiness1711
piggery1854
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness
vilety?c1225
villainy?c1225
vilehead1340
caitiftya1400
vilitya1425
ignoblenessc1450
ignobility?a1475
vileness1526
baseness1537
dunghillry1581
base-mindedness1582
vildness1597
beggarya1616
lowness1652
villainya1719
caddishness1868
bounderishness1899
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22382 Quen þat ilk warlau bridd [sc. the Antichrist] his caitiute has tua yeir kidd.
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