Definitions
(of hair) neat and tidy
Word origin
From kemb + -t (suffix forming the past tense and/or past participle forms of verbs).
Used in a sentence
“Faint and in pain he propped his weary head, / And his kempt beard adown his bosom spread.”
“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.”
“[W]hen maidens vvere to be vvedded, there attended upon them a diſtaffe, dreſſed and trimmed vvith kembed vvooll, as alſo a ſpindle and yearne upon it.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Neatly groomed”5 letters
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