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kith

[ kith ]
/ kɪθ /
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noun

acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
kindred.
a group of people living in the same area and forming a culture with a common language, customs, economy, etc., usually endogamous.

RELATED WORDS

tribe, family, people, house, sibling, relation, folk, member, extraction, affinity, stock, lineage, relationship, kindred, blood, cousin, clan, consanguinity, connection, race

Nearby words

kiteflying, kitemark, kitembilla, kitenge, kitesurfing, kith, kith and kin, kithara, kithe, kitikmeot, kitimat

Origin of kith

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

Can be confused

kin kith
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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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