KET


Meaning of KET in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.