reccheles
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English rēċċelēas, rēċelēas, from Proto-West Germanic *rōkulaus; equivalent to recchen (“to care”) + -les.
Adjective
editreccheles
- reckless
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 279-280:
- ‘O trouble wit, o ire recchelees,
That unavysed smytest giltelees!’- ‘O troubled wit, O reckless anger,
That recklessly smites the guiltless!’
- ‘O troubled wit, O reckless anger,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 279-280:
References
edit- “reccheles”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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