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Word entry · 5 letters

kempt

Best crossword clue

"Neatly groomed"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɛm(p)t/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ekmptStarts with KEnds with T1 clues
1K2E3M4P5T

Definitions

  1. (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.

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