loath

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I love what most I loath, and cannot live,

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  1. adjective Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined: I am loath to go on such short notice.

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  • But she hardly seemed loath, as they departed for the night. —  Xone of Contention
  • Some of the lords present were in no wise loath, and promised themselves great sport from his punishment. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  • Champney, nothing loath--always keeping in mind the fact that it was well to keep on the right side of Aunt Meda--wrote her all she desired to know. —  Flamsted quarries
  • "Come here an' have your share-- as a penalty Nothing loath, the men came forward, and with a quiet word of thanks each poured the undiluted fiery liquid down his throat, with what the boy Donald styled a "pech" of satisfaction Ivor Donaldson chanced to be one of the group, but he did not come forward with the rest Come, Ivor, man, and have a dram," said the laird, pouring out a glass But the keeper did not move. —  The Eagle Cliff
  • Nothing loath, the Jerusalem poney laid hold of the piece of bread with his teeth, and instantly the father severed the outer portion of the slice from that in the donkey's mouth. —  Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
 

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  1. Middle English loth, displeasing, loath, from Old English lāth, hateful, loathsome.
 

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