Definitions
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old English hraþe ("quickly"), from Proto-Germanic *hraþô (“quickly, rapidly”), from *hraþaz (“quick, rapid”). See above. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, quick, from Old English hræd, hræth. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I prefer them to stay on the softball field rathe than even attempt to govern after the disastrous Bush administration ......”
“In fact, “rather” is in origin the comparative of the obsolete adverb “rathe”.”
“My only objection is teh bbl length, wish ws 24 rathe than 22.”
“The fact is that if voting patterns actually went on political record (rathe rthan tribalism, billionnaire's donations, spin and dirty politics), no-one woudl vote Labour in Wales at at all ...”
“It tuns out he prefers to keep his seat rathe than to take a stand.”
Rundown Of How GOP Senators Up For Relection Voted On Escalation Resolution
“When most of us think about lack of access to water among the poor, we're more likely to envision people in third-world countries — victims of drought, famine or polluted rivers — rathe ...”
“A rathe rinterseting bit of info, turns out Monsanto's CEO doesn't even believe in his company's own products. click here are numerous instances where Monsanto has threatened the M$M about exposing dubious safety of its commodities. by”
OpEdNews - Diary: Destroy the Afghan Opium Crops for Monsanto
“Is he deliberately and consciously teaching a doctrine different from the gospel that has been handed down to us, or is he rathe a profoundly confused soul?”
“I would like to see more of that commandline stuff as given here in the comments though, I would rathe rlearn how to do it from the basics instead of 'needing' to use a GIU for everything...”
New Folder Wizard Makes Bulk Folder Creation Effortless | Lifehacker Australia
“For someone who talks psycho-babble and accuses others of being in denial you are a rathe despicable piece of work.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rathe’.
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Rats
rats, rat, tree-rat, pilori-rat, prorate, pro rata, Ratso Rizzo, ratfink, rat pack, Rat Pack, Rats!, rat race and 157 more...
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phrontistery-r
from phrontistery.info
rya, rutilant, ruthful, rutherford, ruth, rusticity, rusticate, Russophobia, Russophile, russet, russel, rushlight and 514 more...
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Move it!
Awesome actions or motions.
celerity, peremptory, volplane, founder, whirl, gallopade, rathe, jounce, jive, jink, jibe, jectigation and 17 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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live thriving words
IE roots of bhel- and a few others
bless, blossom, foil, foliage, folio, folium, cinquefoil, defoliate, exfoliate, feuilleton, perfoliate, milfoil and 67 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for rathe.

fbharjo precocious: early blooming Mar 17, 2007