reccheles
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English rēċċelēas, rēċelēas, from Proto-West Germanic *rōkulaus; equivalent to recchen (“to care”) + -les.
Adjective edit
reccheles
- 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.