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What (who) is ill-kempt - definition

LAKE IN MATAWINIE, QUEBEC, CANADA
Lake Kempt; Kempt lake; Kempt Lake (Matawinie)

louping ill         
ANIMAL DISEASE
Louping ill virus
['la?p???l]
¦ noun a tick-borne viral disease of animals, especially sheep, causing staggering and jumping.
Origin
ME: from loup (dialect var of leap) + the noun ill.
Louping ill         
ANIMAL DISEASE
Louping ill virus
Louping-ill () is an acute viral disease primarily of sheep that is characterized by a biphasic fever, depression, ataxia, muscular incoordination, tremors, posterior paralysis, coma, and death. Louping-ill is a tick-transmitted disease whose occurrence is closely related to the distribution of the primary vector, the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus.
kempt         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Kempt (disambiguation)
¦ adjective maintained in a neat and clean condition.
Origin
OE cemd-, past participle of cemban 'to comb', of Gmc origin; related to comb.

Wikipedia

Kempt Lake

The Kempt Lake is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Matawin, Quebec in the MRC Matawinie, in the administrative region of Lanaudière, in Quebec, in Canada. This reservoir is located on the route of the Manouane River (La Tuque) in northern Rouge-Matawin Wildlife Reserve.

Examples of use of ill-kempt
1. A year when everything the country believed in was turned on its head by extremely ill–kempt people who perhaps went a long time between baths.