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Definitions for kemptkɛmpt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kemptkɛmpt(adj.)

  1. neatly or tidily kept:

    a kempt little cottage; kempt hair.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of kempt:

1860–65; back formation from unkempt

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kempt, tidy(adj)

    (of hair) neat and tidy

    "a nicely kempt beard"

Wiktionary

  1. kempt(Adjective)

    neat and tidy; especially used of hair

    2. Origin: Originally a past participle of cemban. Modern uses are back-formations from the negative unkempt.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kempt

    of Kemb

  2. Kempt

    p. p. of Kemb

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