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kith

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kɪθ/

Definition of kith

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Friends and acquaintances.
    “Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!”
    “The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power.”
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noun

  1. (archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Friends and acquaintances.
    “Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!”
    “The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power.”
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, countable, usually)An acquaintance or a friend.

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Etymology

From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

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