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kemp

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kɛmp/

Definition of kemp

11 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
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noun

  1. (countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
  2. (countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Rough hair, wool, or fur.
  3. (Scotland, archaic)A contest in work, etc.
  4. (obsolete)A champion; a knight.

adj

  1. (obsolete)Shaggy; rough.

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete)To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname
  2. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  3. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  4. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  5. (countable, uncountable)A placename

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Etymology

From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to chin.

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