kith

[ kith ]

/ kɪθ /

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.

Words nearby kith

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH kith

kin kith

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Examples from the Web for kith

"Our bitterest enemies are our own kith and kin," cried the King, starting up in a fury, and striding up and down the room.
The Works of Honor de Balzac|Honor de Balzac
My grandfather is his cousin, so he's kith and kin to me, somehow, if you can make that out.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit|Charles Dickens
Of course, having no kith nor kin in all this wide world, he went immediately to consult Agnes.
The Making of Bobby Burnit|George Randolph Chester
Our word "kith," in the proverb "kith and kin," means persons of our acquaintance.
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1|J. Endell Tyler

I never heard of but one money-lender who kept them, and he has been a long time dead, and I think he left no kith nor kin!
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3)|Theodore Parker

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

noun

Words related to kith

Words nearby kith

Origin of kith

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH kith

Examples from the Web for kith

British Dictionary definitions for kith

noun

Word Origin for kith