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Lowth vs Loth - What's the difference?

lowth | loth |

As a noun lowth

is lowness.

As an adjective loth is

(uk|rare).

lowth

English

Noun

(-)
  • Lowness.
  • * 1843 , Thomas Becon, John Ayre, The early works of Thomas Becon :
    • "For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth , nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
  • (in the plural) Lowlands.

    • 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

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