Word of the Day 07/21/22 Kith

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Kith (noun)
kith [ kith ]

noun (used with a plural verb)
1. acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
2. kindred (def. 1).
3. a group of people living in the same area and forming a culture with a common language, customs, economy, etc., usually endogamous.

WORDS RELATED TO KITH
affinity, blood, clan, connection, consanguinity, cousin, extraction, family, folk, house, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, lineage, member, people, race, relation, relationship, sibling

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ORIGIN: First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English cȳth, earlier cȳththu “kinship, knowledge,” equivalent to cūth couth2 + -thu -th1; akin to Gothic kunthi, German Kunde “knowledge”

HOW TO USE KITH IN A SENTENCE
Poor working women had been doing this for some time, relying on “kith and kin” for child care in particular.
CARING FOR THE ELDERLY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE, EXHAUSTING, OR INVISIBLE|ANNE HELEN PETERSEN|AUGUST 26, 2021|VOX

Then spake the Earl to that man whose name 118 some say was Fin, but as others have it was of Finnish kith and kin.
THE SAGAS OF OLAF TRYGGVASON AND OF HARALD THE TYRANT (HARALD HAARDRAADE)|SNORRI STURLUSON

It is not as relations; Bernard Harper's descendants are neither kith nor kin of mine, and this must be understood.'
ROBIN REDBREAST|MARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH

Unstring thy strong bows for the sake of our liberal lords, O bounteous Rudra, be gracious to our kith and kin.
SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST|VARIOUS

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