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lather
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: l?.th'?, lä.th'?, IPA(key): /?læ.ð?(?)/, /?l??ð?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?læð?/
- Rhymes: -æð?(r), -??ð?(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English lather, from Old English l?aþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”), from Proto-Germanic *lauþr? (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh?trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh?-, *lowh?- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek ??????? (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lav? (“I wash”), Albanian laj (“I wash”), Ancient Greek ???? (loú?). More at lye.
Noun
lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
- (countable) A state of agitation.
Derived terms
- in a lather
- lathery
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *lethren, from Old English l?þrian, l?þrian, *l?eþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English l?aþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.
Verb
lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)
- (transitive) To cover with lather.
- (transitive) To beat or whip.
- (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
Derived terms
- lather up
Translations
Anagrams
- Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, halter, rathel, thaler
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pather
English
Etymology
path +? -er
Noun
pather (plural pathers)
- (computer games) A non-player character that walks a repeating path.
Anagrams
- Tharpe, hapter, tephra, teraph, threap
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