Kempt Definition

kĕmpt
adjective
Neat; tidy; well-groomed.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Kempt

  • Originally a past participle of Old English cemban (“to comb”). Modern uses are back-formations from the negative unkempt.

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from unkempt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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