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English word origin

Etymology of KD

Source etymology material for KD; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Abbreviation of khaki drill, a form of British military uniform made of cotton. · Initialism of known depredator: a category of criminal. · Initialism of compatibility decomposition. · Initialism of Kraft Dinner: a packaged dry macaroni and cheese mix.

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      "lang_code": "ml",
      "word": "കേഡി",
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      "roman": "kēḍi"
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      "lang_code": "ta",
      "word": "கேடி",
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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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Machine-source provenance
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