kempt /kɛm(p)t/ adjective3 •(humorous, figurative) Neat and tidy.The street paving was badly worn, but looked marvelously smooth and kempt to Winterbourne, accustomed to roads worn into deep ruts and reft with shell-holes. — 1929 •(no longer used) Of a person's beard or hair: combed.Faint and in pain he propped his weary head, / And his kempt beard adown his bosom spread. — 1867 •(no longer used) Of wool or other fibres: combed.[W]hen maidens vvere to be vvedded, there attended upon them a distaffe, dressed and trimmed vvith kembed vvooll, as also a spindle and yearne upon it. — 1601 formsmore kempt · most kempt