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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loath /ləʊθ/ (also loth)

▶adjective reluctant; unwilling: I was loath to leave.

– origin OE lāth ‘hostile’, of Gmc origin.

usage: Do not confuse loath and loathe. Loath is an adjective meaning ‘reluctant or unwilling’, as in I was loath to leave, whereas loathe is a verb meaning ‘feel hatred or disgust for’, as in she loathed him on sight.

'loath' also found in these Oxford entries:

loathe - loathsome - loth

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