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
- self-imposed
- self-improvement
- self-incompatibility
- self-incompatible
- self-induced
- self-inductance
- self-induction
- self-inductive
- self-indulgence
- self-indulgent
- self-indulgently
- self-inflicted
- self-insurance
- self-interest
- self-interested
- self-involved
- self-involvement
- selfish
- selfishly
- selfishness
- selfism
- selfist
- self-justification
- self-justificatory
- self-justifying