All 3 Uses
loath
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The Two Towers
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- Loth am I to begin a battle of one hundred against three.†
Chpt 3.2 *loth = reluctant or unwilling to do something
- Loth was he to render up the keys.†
Chpt 3.6
- A little way ahead and to his left he saw suddenly, issuing from a black hole of shadow under the cliff, the most loathly shape that he had ever beheld, horrible beyond the horror of an evil dream.†
Chpt 4.9
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)