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Neat and tidy
Answer for the clue "Neat and tidy ", 5 letters:
kempt
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Word definitions for kempt in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"well-combed, neat," late 14c., from past tense of dialectal kemb , from Old English cemdan (see unkempt ). A rare word after c.1500; any modern use probably is a whimsical back-formation from unkempt .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kemb \Kemb\ (k[e^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kembed (k[e^]md) or Kempt (k[e^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Kembing .] [OE. kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.] To comb. [Obs.] His longe hair was kembed behind his back. --Chaucer.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. neat and tidy; especially used of hair
Usage examples of kempt.
For a moment Boshy thought his senses were playing up with him, for there in the door entrance stood the identical girl--the same turkey-egg complexion, stubby nose, and her red hair only changed from unkempt to kempt.
Later, for some reason I was never told, they changed the name to Ruly, Kempt, Sheveled and Couth, and then to Weery, Stale, Flatt and Profitable, and to keep up the front they actually did hire a couple of lawyers and did some real law work for a corporation called Blue Sky, Inc.
Later, for some reason I was never told, they changed the name to Ruly, Kempt, Sheveled and Couth, and then to Weery, Stale, Flatt and Profitable, and to keep up the front they actually did hire a couple of lawyers and did some real law work for a corporation called Blue Sky, Inc.