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loathy

adj

Etymology

From loath + -y. Cognate with German leidig (“tiresome, unpleasant”).

  1. derived from *h₂leyt-✻ — “to do something abhorrent or hateful”
  2. inherited from *laiþaz✻ — “loath; hostile; sad, sorry”
  3. derived from leið
  4. inherited from lāð
  5. inherited from lōth — “loath; averse, hateful”
  6. suffixed as loathy — “loath + y”

Definitions

  1. Loathsome.

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