loath
adjective/ləʊθ/
/ləʊθ/
(also less frequent loth)
(formal)- loath to do something not willing to do something
- He was loath to admit his mistake.
- They were obviously loath to let her leave.
Word OriginOld English lāth ‘hostile, spiteful’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leed, German Leid ‘sorrow’.
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