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
Definitions:
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(1)
(loath) reluctant or unwilling to do somethingWord 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".
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)