LOATHER

abominator, loather

(noun) one who hates or loathes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

loather (plural loathers)

One who loathes.

Anagrams

• rat hole, rathole

Source: Wiktionary


Loath"er, n.

Definition: One who loathes.

LOATH

Loath, a. Etym: [OE. looth, loth, AS. la hostile, odious; akin to OS. l, G. leid, Icel. lei, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. lidan to suffer, go, cf. AS. li to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]

1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. Chaucer . Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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