All 4 Uses of
loath
in
Moby Dick
- For loath to depart, yet;†
Chpt 22-24loath = reluctant or unwilling to do something
- very loath to leave, for good, a ship bound on so long and perilous a voyage—beyond both stormy Capes;†
Chpt 22-24
- loath to say good-bye to a thing so every way brimful of every interest to him,—poor old Bildad lingered long;†
Chpt 22-24
- Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together; till of a sudden the boat struck as against a sunken ledge, and keeling over, spilled out the standing mate.†
Chpt 52-54 *
Definition:
reluctant or unwilling to do something
Word Confusion: Do not confuse loath with loathe which sounds very similar or the same. Loath is typically used as an adjective while loathe is a verb that means "to dislike greatly".