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kithless

English

Etymology

kith +? -less

Pronunciation

  • enPR: k?th'l?s, IPA(key): /?k??.l?s/

Adjective

kithless (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not knowing anyone; having no acquaintances or family.

Related terms

  • kith
  • kith and kin

Anagrams

  • Stehliks

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kith

English

Etymology

From Middle English kith (kinsmen, relations), from Old English c?þþ, c?þþu (kinship, kinsfolk, relations), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþ? (knowledge, acquaintance), from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (to know). Cognate with Old High German kundida (kith), kund? (knowledge), Gothic ???????????????????? (kunþi, knowledge). More at couth, -th.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??/
  • Rhymes: -??

Noun

kith (usually uncountable, plural kiths)

  1. (archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:friend or Thesaurus:acquaintance

Derived terms

  • kith and kin
  • kithfolk
  • kithless

Translations

See also

  • kin
  • kinfolk

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of kic (I bite).

Noun

kith m

  1. veil of mystery

Related terms

  • kic

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • (Early ME) cyððe, cuððe, cuþþe, kuþþe
  • kyth, kiþ, kiþþe, kythe, kuythe, kiththe, kyþe

Etymology

From Old English c?þþ, c?þþu, from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþ?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki?/, /?kið(?)/, /ku?/, /?kuð(?)/

Noun

kith (plural kithes)

  1. One's motherland or birthplace; the region or territory where one belongs
  2. One's kin, ethnicity, or lineage; the people one belongs to.
  3. One's descendant; a person from one's line.
  4. Relation; connection by blood, heritage.
  5. (rare) learning, facts
  6. (rare) tradition, good manners.
  7. (rare) The state of knowing someone.
Descendants
  • English: kith
  • Scots: kith, kyth, kythe
References
  • “kitthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-22.

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