Kith Definition

kith
noun
Friends, acquaintances, or neighbors.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Kith

Noun

Singular:
kith
Plural:
kiths

Origin of Kith

  • From Middle English kith (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenǝ-, *ǵnō- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

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Kith Sentence Examples

  • But, thankfully, the regiment was not sent north to fight against its own kith and kin.

  • This type of care is often referred to as kith and kin care and may take place either in the child's or the caregiver's home.

  • Each cistern is fitted kith a perforated false bottom, on which a blanket or specially woven cloth is placed, to receive the char which is poured in from the top, and packed as evenly as possible until the cistern is filled.

  • We cannot claim for it the virtue of strict honesty with regard to the stranger, but for its own " kith and kin " it is a model of socialism in an ideal form, possessing nothing of its own yet toiling unceasingly for the good of all.

  • He had against him, not merely England, but the kith and kin of Comyn, including the potent clan of MacDowall or MacDougall in Galloway and Lorne; on his own side he had his kinship, broken men, and the clergy of Scotland.

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Words Starting With

KKIKIT

Words Ending With

HTHITH

Unscrambles

kith

Words Starting With K and Ending With H

Starts With K & Ends With HStarts With KI & Ends With HStarts With K & Ends With TH

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With K4 Letter Words Ending With H