kith

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Friends and acquaintances. archaic,obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!
  2. An acquaintance or a friend. Northern-England,Scotland,countable,usually
  3. A person who is not related to a child but has social connections to the child's family, especially when considered as a caregiver or possible caregiver for the child. countable,uncountable,usually
    — The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (the society) seeks an order finding the child in need of protection and placing him in the care and custody of a kith, H.O., for a period of six months, subject to terms of supervision by the society. [Footnote:] ‘[K]ith’ refers to a community member such as a family friend or neighbour who agrees to provide care to a child until the child can safely return home.

词形变化

kiths plural

词汇关系

近义词
friend acquaintance
衍生词
kith and kin kithfolk kithless
相关词
kin kinfolk

词源

From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.
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