单词 | nothing loath |
释义 | > as lemmasnothing loath b. without construction; sometimes quasi-adv. nothing loath: not at all unwilling. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] freeeOE well-willingOE readyc1175 fainc1275 buxoma1300 prestc1300 liefc1325 rifec1390 willyc1390 baina1400 willinga1400 listyc1440 towardc1440 appliable1449 pronea1450 wilfulc1460 prompt?a1475 content1477 towardly1513 contenteda1525 towards1525 fond1529 comingc1576 unrefusinga1586 open-armed1594 voluntary1598 gainsome1629 easy1653 unreluctant1654 nothing loath1667 applicable1702 irreluctanta1706 unhesitating1753 unloath1861 prone-minded1869 c1475 Lerne or be Lewde (Harl. 5086) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 9 To Lothe, ne to Lovyng, ne to Lyberalle of goode. 1608 G. Wilkins Painfull Adventures Pericles vi. sig. E3v To take a loth and sorrowfull departure of her. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1039 Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank..He led her nothing loath . View more context for this quotation 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i. 406 As Wretches..Part with their Lives, unwilling, loth and fearful. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. i. 206 Thus aged men full loth and slow The vanities of life forego. 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 114 See in king's courts loth Jeremiah plead. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xi. 262 The children were nothing loth, for the house was splendid and the welcome kind enough. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 227 Give me permission to cry—Out of bed, You loth rheumatic sluggard! < as lemmas |
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