caitif

Etymology
From, from. .

Noun

 * 1) A captive, prisoner or hostage.
 * 2) A miser, wretch, pauper or beggar; a miserable person
 * 3) * 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
 * 1) A despicable or evil person.
 * 2)  The state of being held hostage.

Adjective

 * 1) In captivity or jail; kidnapped.
 * 2) Driven to despair; saddened.
 * 3) miserly, of little means.
 * 4) malicious, bad, sinful, heartless.

Etymology
From, from a crossing of and a , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) captive, prisoner