kith+and+kin

  • 31kin — [ kın ] noun uncount FORMAL all the people in your family => KITH AND KIN, NEXT OF KIN …

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  • 32kith — /kɪθ / (say kith) noun 1. one s acquaintances or friends (now chiefly Scottish except in kith and kin and often confused in meaning with kin). –phrase 2. kith and kin, friends and relatives. {Middle English kitthe, Old English cȳþ, cȳþþu… …

  • 33kin — n. & adj. n. one s relatives or family. predic.adj. (of a person) related (we are kin; he is kin to me) (see also AKIN). Phrases and idioms: kith and kin see KITH. near of kin closely related by blood, or in character. next of kin see NEXT.… …

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  • 34kith — n. friends and relatives kith and kin * * * [kɪθ] [ friends and relatives ] kith and kin …

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  • 35kin — Synonyms and related words: agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bracket, branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, category, character, clan, clansman, class, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, color, connections, consanguine …

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  • 36kin — n 1. relatives, kinsfolk, kith, kith and kin, kindred; relations, connections, distant relatives; family, folks, people, tribe, brood, clan; house, nationality, gentility. 2. kinship, relationship, relation, consanguinity, alliance, connection;… …

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  • 37kin — noun their own kin Syn: relatives, relations, family (members), kindred, kith and kin; flesh and blood, nearest and dearest; kinsfolk, kinsmen, kinswomen, people; informal folks …

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  • 38kith — [kɪθ] noun (in phr. kith and kin) one s relations. Origin OE cȳthth ( knowledge , one s native land , and friends and neighbours ), of Gmc origin; related to couth …

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  • 39kith — n. Phrases and idioms: kith and kin friends and relations. Etymology: OE cythth f. Gmc …

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  • 40kin — noun (plural) 1 informal also kinfolk your family 2 next of kin formal your most closely related family: We ll have to notify the next of kin of his death. compare kindred 1 (1), see also: kith and kin …

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