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kith
[ kith ]
noun
, (used with a plural verb)
- acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
- a group of people living in the same area and forming a culture with a common language, customs, economy, etc., usually endogamous.
kith
/ kɪθ /
noun
- one's friends and acquaintances (esp in the phrase kith and kin )
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kith1
Old English cӯthth, from cūth; see uncouth
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Example Sentences
Then spake the Earl to that man whose name 118 some say was Fin, but as others have it was of Finnish kith and kin.
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It is not as relations; Bernard Harper's descendants are neither kith nor kin of mine, and this must be understood.'
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Unstring thy strong bows for the sake of our liberal lords, O bounteous Rudra, be gracious to our kith and kin.
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A thousand medicines are thine, O thou who art freely accessible; do not hurt us through our kith and kin!
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I remember hearing of a match at Ottery, where he was one of an eleven of Coleridge kith and kin against the rest of Devon.
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