Crossword clues for kempt
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kempt \Kempt\ (k[e^]mt; 215),
p. p. of Kemb; combed.
--B. Jonson.Neatly kept; tidy. Opposite of unkempt.
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.
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.
Wiktionary
a. neat and tidy; especially used of hair
WordNet
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.