KEMPT

KEMPT Kempt,

kempt

kempt |kem (p )t kɛmpt | ▶adjective chiefly Brit. (of a person or a place ) maintained in a neat and clean condition; well cared for: she was looking as thoroughly kempt as ever. ORIGIN Old English cemd-, past participle of cemban ‘to comb, ’ of Germanic origin; related to comb. The Middle English form kemb survives in dialect.

kempt

kempt |kɛm (p )t | ▶adjective (of a person or a place ) maintained in a neat and clean condition; well cared for: she was looking as thoroughly kempt as ever. ORIGIN Old English cemd-, past participle of cemban ‘to comb ’, of Germanic origin; related to comb. The Middle English form kemb survives in dialect.

Kempten (Allgäu)

Kemp ten (All gäu )Eigenname |K e mpten (Allgäu )|Stadt an der Iller