KITH

kith

(noun) your friends and acquaintances; “all his kith and kin”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kith (usually uncountable, plural kiths)

(archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances.

(Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:friend

Source: Wiktionary


Kith, n. Etym: [OE. kith, cu, AS. cc known. Uncouth, Can, and cf. Kythe.]

Definition: Acquaintance; kindred. And my near kith for sore me shend. W. Browne. The sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow. Kith and kin, kindred more or less remote.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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