Definitions for kithkɪθ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kithkɪθ(n.)

  1. acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like.

    Category: Sociology, Anthropology

Idioms for kith:

  1. kith and kin,relatives, or acquaintances and relatives together.

    Category: Idiom, Anthropology, Sociology

Origin of kith:

bef. 900; ME; OE cȳth, earlier cȳththu kinship, knowledge (c. OHG chundida) =cūth known (see uncouth ) +-thu -th1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kith(noun)

    your friends and acquaintances

    "all his kith and kin"

Wiktionary

  1. kith(Noun)

    friends and acquaintances

  2. Origin: From kith, from cyþþ, cyþþu, from kunþiþō, from ǵenǝ-. Cognate with kundida, kundi, 033A033F033D03380339. More at couth, -th.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kith(noun)

    acquaintance; kindred


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