laith

American  

[leyth] / leɪθ /

adjective

1. loath.

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verb (used with object)

1. loathe.

Etymology

Origin of laith

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English lath, loth for the adjective; Middle English lath(i)en, loth(i)en for the verb

Example Sentences

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laith

But I’se believe ye kindly meant it, I sud be laith to think ye hinted Ironic satire, sidelins sklented On my poor Musie; Tho’ in sic phraisin’ terms ye’ve penn’d it, I scarce excuse ye.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords   To weet their cork-heeled shoon; But lang ere a' the play was played   They wat their hats aboon.

From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various

Sir Patrick Spens Was nothing laith When as he heard "flim-flam," But syne he's ta'en a silken claith And wiped his diagram.

From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

I was laith to make awa wi’ the old dowg, his like wasne atween this and Thornhill—but, ’deed, sir, I could do naething else.”

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

I wad be laith to rin and chase thee, Wi murd'ing prattle!

From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus