loth
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
loth (comparative lother, superlative lothest)
- (UK, rare) Alternative form of loath.
- I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.
Usage notes [edit]
- Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe.
- The loath spelling is about four times more common in the UK and about fifty times more common in the US.
- This spelling had more currency in the US in the 19th century, appearing in Webster's 1828 dictionary, but not the 1913 edition.
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
reluctant — see loath
Anagrams [edit]
Middle English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English lāþ (“hateful”)
Adjective [edit]
loth
- Hateful; evil.
- Reluctant.
