I. ˈket noun
( plural ket )
Etymology: Middle English, flesh, meat, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjöt flesh, meat, Old Swedish köt, kiot, kiöt; perhaps akin to Sanskrit guda bowel, rectum — more at cot
1. dialect Britain
a. : carrion
b. : filth , rubbish
2. dialect Britain : a good-for-nothing person
II. noun
( plural ket )
Etymology: probably alteration of cot (III)
Scotland : a fleece of wool
III. noun
( plural ket or kets )
Usage: capitalized
1.
a. : a people of the middle Yenisei region of Siberia that constitutes the only western Paleo-Asiatic group
b. : a member of such people
2. : the Yeniseian language of the Ket people