rathe
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
Origin of rathe
1- Also rath [rath]. /ræθ/.
Other words from rathe
- rathely, adverb
- ratheness, noun
Words Nearby rathe
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How to use rathe in a sentence
"Be over for you," the other added; and later he was crowded into a rear seat between Louise, his daughter, and Caroline rathe.
The Happy End | Joseph HergesheimerBernard was in front with the chauffeur, and Frederick rathe occupied a small seat at the knees of the three others.
The Happy End | Joseph HergesheimerAugust Turnbull repeated the favorite aphorisms from Frederick rathe about the higher man.
The Happy End | Joseph HergesheimerNo; I can't rathe you up a hill, though I can fall down the hill fathter than you can, but I will help you up.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills | Janet AldridgeCouldn't very well thell the whole rathe, ath it were, for a couple of hundred poundth, after that.
Passing of the Third Floor Back | Jerome K. Jerome
British Dictionary definitions for rathe
rath (rɑːθ)
/ (reɪð) /
blossoming or ripening early in the season
eager or prompt
Origin of rathe
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