| 释义 |
loathness, a.|ˈləʊθnɪs|
[f. loath a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being loath.
†1. In various senses of loath a.: Harmfulness, enmity; unpleasantness. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 95 He wes dreihninde on þissere worlde..mid nane laðnesse and mid sibsumnesse. a1225Ancr. R. 310 He..haueð..loðnesse of ham alle, as Ieremie witneð: Omnes amici ejus spreverunt eam. c1400Destr. Troy 2949 It ledis vnto laithnes and vnlefe werkes. 1529More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 1229/1 You tel me the lothnes of the losse, and the comfort of the keeping.
2. Reluctance; disinclination. Const. to with inf.; rarely of with gerund.
a1300Cursor M. 26589 And tell þi sins ilkan bi nam, for lathnes leue þou noght, ne scam. c1528Hen. VIII in Fiddes Wolsey (1726) ii. 140 The other shall declare and shew the loathnes that is in him..to be displeased. 1529Sir T. More Suppl. Souls ii. Wks. 316/2 Diuers doctours allege diuers causes of his heauines and lothnes at yt time to depart & die. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 130 The faire soule her selfe Waigh'd betweene loathnesse and obedience. 1616Hayward Sanct. Troub. Soul i. i. (1620) 16 How doth my resolution sticke betweene loathnesse and necessitie? 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 545 A loathnes of running to close without clearnes. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. li. 547 The negligence or lothness of the Bishop, to prosecute them. |