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Definition of Kempt
1. Adjective. (of hair) neat and tidy. "A nicely kempt beard"
Definition of Kempt
1. Adjective. neat and tidy; especially used of hair ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kempt
1. neatly kept [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kempt
Literary usage of Kempt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of by Rees Howell Gronow, Joseph Grego (1892)
"General Sir James kempt, who died at a very advanced age about ten or twelve ...
The Duke of York took a great fancy to kempt, and put him into one of our ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"... and James kempt, his adjutant-general, quartermaster-general, and military
... which made him depend for sight at different times on Moore, kempt, ..."
3. Nova Scotia, in Its Historical, Mercantile and Industrial Relations by Campbell, Duncan (1873)
"Lieutenant-General Sir James kempt assumes the Governorship— Annexation of Cape
Breton to Nova Scotia—Death of Rev. Dr. E. Burke—A sketch of his ..."
4. Nova Scotia, in Its Historical, Mercantile and Industrial Relations by Duncan Campbell (1873)
"Lieutenant-General Sir James kempt assumes the Governorship— Annexation of Cape
Breton to Nova Scotia—Death of Rev. Dr. E. Burke—A sketch of his ..."
5. A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie by Beamish Murdoch (1867)
"... James kempt, who was colonel of this regiment, with his staff, and admiral
Lake, were in the open space. The colors were blessed with prayer, ..."
6. The History of Canada: From Its First Discovery to the Present Time by John Mercier McMullen (1855)
"THE GOVERNMENT OF SIR JAMES kempt. Lieutenant General Sir James kempt, selected
by Mr. Husk - 1828. isson to succeed Lord Dalhousie in the government of ..."
7. The Canadian Rebellion of 1837 by David Breakenridge Read (1896)
"... to Wolfe and Montcalm—His Departure from the Province—Sir James kempt Succeeds
Lord Dalhousie—Endeavours to Conciliate the French-Canadians—Petitions to ..."
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