rathe

[ reyth ]

adjective

1. Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.

rathe

/ reɪð; rɑːθ /

adjective

1. blossoming or ripening early in the season
2. eager or prompt

Other Words From

• rathely adverb
• ratheness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rathe¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English hræth, hræd quick, active; cognate with Dutch rad, Old Norse hrathr

Word History and Origins

Origin of rathe¹

Old English hrathe ; related to Old High German hrado , Old Norse hrathr

Example Sentences

"Be over for you," the other added; and later he was crowded into a rear seat between Louise, his daughter, and Caroline Rathe.

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Bernard was in front with the chauffeur, and Frederick Rathe occupied a small seat at the knees of the three others.

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August Turnbull repeated the favorite aphorisms from Frederick Rathe about the higher man.

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No; I can't rathe you up a hill, though I can fall down the hill fathter than you can, but I will help you up.

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Couldn't very well thell the whole rathe, ath it were, for a couple of hundred poundth, after that.

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