kist

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noun

A chest.

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Nakh
OriginOld Norse kista →
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Meanings

kist1

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of kiss.

    To me my Julia lately sent A Bracelet richly Redolent The Beads I kist, but most lov'd her That did perfume the Pomander.

    1648, Robert Herrick, The Pomander Bracelet

kist2

nounkist (plural kists)

plural kists

  1. ScotlandA chest.

    the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]

    1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair; 1), page 17
  2. ScotlandA coffin.
  3. alternativearchaeologyAlternative form of cist (“crypt”).

    The global library of ice has become a cracked kist, a broken storehouse leaking its contents.

    2020, David Farrier, “The Library of Babel”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN
verbkist (third-person singular simple present kists, present participle kisting, simple past and past participle kisted)

present singular third person kists · participle present kisting · participle past kisted · past kisted

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo place in a coffin.

kist3

nounkist (plural kists)

plural kists

  1. BritishIndiaAn individual installment of the yearly land revenue.

Kist4

nounKist (plural Kists)

plural Kists

  1. Synonym of Nakh, a Caucasian people, particularly the Nakh living in Georgia.

    Synonyms: Nakh

Kist5

proper nounKist (plural Kists)

plural Kists

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Nakh, a Caucasian people, particularly the Nakh living in Georgia.

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Nakh
Also see
kistian

Origin

kist · noun, verb

  1. Old Norsekista“chest”
  2. Englishkist

Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”). Doublet of cesta, chest, and kesh

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kist · noun

  1. Arabicقِسْط
  2. Hindustani
  3. Englishkist

Borrowed from Hindustani قِسْط (qisṭ, “installment”) / क़िस्त (qist), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, literally “quota”).

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Kist · noun

  1. Georgianქისტები“Ingush”
  2. EnglishKist

From the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).

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Kist · proper noun

From the German surname, named after the town Kist in Würzburg. Also a Westphalian German Low German spelling variant of Kirst.

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APA

kist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kist

MLA

“kist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kist.

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