From my pal Wordnik:
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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
See loath, loathly, etc.
adj. strongly opposed.[/quote]
Ah, of course! As for the other part, it’s lovely to roll around in one’s mouth and it would sound SO good coming from someone like <a href=Mark Strong - IMDb>Mark Strong, but I haven’t the faintest idea what it means: