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Kempt

//kɛm(p)t// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Neat and tidy; especially used of hair. humorous, usually

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of hair) neat and tidy wordnet

Etymology

Originally a past participle of kemb, from Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban (“to comb”). Modern uses are back-formations from the negative unkempt. More at kemb, comb.

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