kith

[ kith ]

/ kɪθ /

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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.

kindred (def. 1).

a group of people living in the same area and forming a culture with a common language, customs, economy, etc., usually endogamous.

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Origin of kith

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English cȳth, earlier cȳththu “kinship, knowledge,” equivalent to cūth couth² + -thu -th¹; akin to Gothic kunthi, German Kunde “knowledge”

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH kith

kin, kith

Words nearby kith

kitembilla, kitenge, kitesurfing, kite winder, kit fox, kith, kith and kin, kithara, kithe, Kíthira, Kitikmeot

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How to use kith in a sentence

Poor working women had been doing this for some time, relying on “kith and kin” for child care in particular.
Caring for the elderly has never been more expensive, exhausting, or invisible|Anne Helen Petersen|August 26, 2021|Vox
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.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
It is not as relations; Bernard Harper's descendants are neither kith nor kin of mine, and this must be understood.'
Robin Redbreast|Mary Louisa Molesworth
Unstring thy strong bows for the sake of our liberal lords, O bounteous Rudra, be gracious to our kith and kin.
Sacred Books of the East|Various

A thousand medicines are thine, O thou who art freely accessible; do not hurt us through our kith and kin!
Sacred Books of the East|Various
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.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for kith

kith

/ (kɪθ) /

noun

one's friends and acquaintances (esp in the phrase kith and kin)

Word Origin for kith

Old English cӯthth, from cūth; see uncouth

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kith

Origin of kith

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH kith

Words nearby kith

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British Dictionary definitions for kith

Word Origin for kith