rathe
/reɪð
/adjective archaic or literary
1(Of a person or their actions) prompt and eager.
1.1(Of flowers or fruit) blooming or ripening early in the year.
Origin
Old English hræth, hræd, of Germanic origin; perhaps related to the base of rash1.
Rhymes
- smooth-faced
- smooth hound
- smoothie
- smoothing iron
- smoothing plane
- smoothish
- smoothly
- smooth muscle
- smoothness
- smooth newt
- smooth-running
- smooth-shaven
- smooth snake
- smooth someone's ruffled feathers
- smooth talk
- smooth-talker
- smooth-talking
- smooth tongue
- smooth-tongued
- s'more
- smore
- smorgasbord
- smorzando
- smote
- smother