The Only Use of
loath
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Then she began to drag him, in her childish eagerness, towards the door; and he, nothing loth to go, accompanied her.†
p. 40.9
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".