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   kind

   /kʌɪnd/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature: "she was a good, kind woman"
   • ▪ used in a polite request: "would you be kind enough to repeat what you said?"
   • ▪ (of a consumer product) gentle on (a part of the body): "look for rollers that are kind to hair"
   • ▪ affectionate or loving.

   Word Origin Old Englishgecynde ‘natural, native’; in Middle English the earliest sense is ‘well born or well bred’, whence ‘well disposed by nature, courteous, gentle, benevolent’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

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