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KEMPT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kempt mean?
• KEMPT (adjective)
The adjective KEMPT has 1 sense:
1. (of hair) neat and tidy
Familiarity information: KEMPT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of hair) neat and tidy
Synonyms:
kempt; tidy
Context example:
a nicely kempt beard
Similar:
groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)
Context examples
It was close upon four before the door opened, and a drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and disreputable clothes, walked into the room.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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