kempt

[ kempt ]

adjective
  1. neatly or tidily kept: a kempt little cottage.

  2. combed, as hair.

Origin of kempt

1
First recorded before 1050; 1925–30 for def. 1; Middle English kempte, kembyd; Old English cemd-, past participle of cemban “to comb”; see comb, unkempt

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kempt

/ (kɛmpt) /


adjective
  1. (of hair) tidy; combed: See also unkempt

Origin of kempt

1
C20: back formation from unkempt; originally past participle of dialect kemb to comb

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