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Loath, a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lA; hostile, odious; akin to OS.
l, G. leid, Icel. leir, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. lIdan to
suffer, go, cf. AS. lIan 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. |