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well-kempt, -kemmyt, ppl. a.
Carefully combed. Also tidy, well cared for.
1513Douglas æneis x. xiv. 13 Hys weyll kemmyt berd, hyngand full straucht Apon his breist. 1540J. Heywood Four PP. 878 Theyr hornes well gylt, theyr clowes full clene, Theyr taylles well kempt. 1922Joyce Ulysses 212 A wellkempt head, new-barbered. 1934P. Fleming One's Company ii. xviii. 306 The numerous temples were so well-kempt. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 23 Sept. 43/1 Tall, improbably athletic, handsome, bearded, he looked like a well-kempt prophet. |