kith and kin
kith and kin noun: both friends and family.
Noun
kith and kin pl (plural only)
- Both friends and family.
- And ſyne ſhe kiſſd his bluidy cheik
And fyne his bluidy chin:
O better I loe my Gill Morice
Than a' my kith and kin!
"Away, away, ze ill woman,
And an il deith mait ze dee:
Gin I had kend he'd bin zour ſon,
He'd neir bin flain for mee."1796, Scotish Songs In Two Volumes, →OL, page 164 - "What's that to me, boy?" she interrupted with a stern, hard manner, which Joe hitherto had had no idea she could assume. "Didn't her kith and kin rob thee, beat thee, starve thee, and force thee to run away ? Is she not the child of her mother, and what could I do with one trained in the...1800, Silverpen, The Little Museum Keepers, Willam and Robert Chambers, →OL, page 119
- And ſyne ſhe kiſſd his bluidy cheik
kith and kin meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
kith and kin in Tamil
- உற்றார் உறவினர்
kith and kin in Urdu
- اقارب, دوست, رشتے دار
kith and kin in Bengali
- both friends and family
- কুটুম খেশ kuṭum kheś
kith and kin in Kannada
- ಆತ್ಮೀಯರು, ಬಂಧುಬಳಗ, ನೆಂಟರಿಷ್ಟರು
More languagesFewer languages
- kith and kin in Arabic
- آل ʔāl
Examples of kith and kin in a sentence
- "Didn't her kith and kin rob thee, beat thee, starve thee, and force thee to run away ?1800, Silverpen, The Little Museum Keepers, Willam and Robert Chambers, →OL, page 119:
- It well may be because I have been so lonelv, but to mv thinking there can be no love, no tie, like love and tie of kith and kin.1868, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Old Sir Douglas, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 161:
- Yet, with all this, in two or three days he grew dull, and would fain mix with his kith and kin once more.1869, Lucy Aikin, Evenings at home [by J. Aikin and A.L. Barbauld] in words of one syllable by Mary Godolphin, page 40:
- It was easier to appeal to kith and kin, after all, than to a stranger like this.1875, Bertha De Jongh, Loving And Loth. A Novel, →OCLC, page 84:
Origin of kith and kin
From Middle English kith and kynne. Literally, friends (“kith”) and family (“kin”).
Questions about kith and kin
- What does kith and kin mean?
- Kith and kin means both friends and family.
- What is kith and kin in Tamil?
- Kith and kin in Tamil is உற்றார் உறவினர். See Kith and kin meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use kith and kin in a sentence?
- "Didn't her kith and kin rob thee, beat thee, starve thee, and force thee to run away ?
- What part of speech is kith and kin?
- Kith and kin is a noun.
Words near kith and kin in the dictionary
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