unkempt

Significat (Anglès)

  1. Uncombed; dishevelled.
  2. (broadly) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.
  3. (figuratively) Rough; unpolished

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- + kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; > Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.

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