kempt
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 5
/kɛm(p)t/
Definition of kempt
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(humorous, usually)Neat and tidy; especially used of hair.
“For a moment Boshy thought his senses were playing up with him, for there in the door entrance stood the identical girl - the same turkey-egg complexion, stubby nose, and her red hair only changed from unkempt to kempt.”
“He could see her now: middle-aged, gray hair, well kempt, European-looking.”
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Etymology
Originally a past participle of kemb, from Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban (“to comb”). Modern uses are back-formations from the negative unkempt. More at kemb, comb.
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