kemp

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to camp, chin.

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).

Adjective

kemp (comparative more kemp, superlative most kemp)

  1. (obsolete) Shaggy; rough.

Etymology 3

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Verb

kemp (third-person singular simple present kemps, present participle kemping, simple past and past participle kemped)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.
Derived terms

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A contest in work, etc.

Etymology 4

From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf.

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

  2. (obsolete) A champion; a knight.

Anagrams

Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English camp.

Noun

kemp

  1. camp; home (the place where one lives)

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

kemp m inan

  1. campsite, camp

Declension

Declension of kemp (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kemp kempy
genitive kempu kempů
dative kempu kempům
accusative kemp kempy
vocative kempe kempy
locative kempu kempech
instrumental kempem kempy

Middle English

Noun

kemp

  1. Alternative form of kempe (“fish vat”)
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