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Kith

//kɪθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Friends and acquaintances. archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!"

  2. 2
    your friends and acquaintances wordnet
  3. 3
    An acquaintance or a friend. Northern-England, Scotland, countable, usually

Etymology

From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

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