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Lother vs Tother - What's the difference?

lother | tother |

As an adjective lother

is comparative of loth.

As a pronoun tother is

other.

lother

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (loth)

    • loth

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (UK, rare)
    • I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.

    Usage notes

    * Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe. * The loath spelling is about four times more common in the UK and about fifty times more common in the US. * This spelling had more currency in the US in the 19th century, appearing in Webster's 1828 dictionary, but not the 1913 edition.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "loth")

    Derived terms

    * lothly * lothness

    Anagrams

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    tother

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l),

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Other.
    • an' they left one'n the sarvant gals as well for comp'ny for the housekeeper, but the tother sarvant gals they took wid 'em. — The Robber and the Housekeeper.

    Usage notes

    * Originally preceded by the . The spelling arose from the misconception of being a contraction of (term).

    See also

    * tone

    Anagrams

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