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wretchlessness Now only arch.|ˈrɛtʃlɪsnɪs|
[Erron. form of retchlesnes, obs. var. of recklessness. Cf. reckless a.
Also1634Raleigh Hist. World iv. iii. §5, 1718 Daniel Civ. Wars v. xxi, where however the earlier edd. have retchlesnes(se, etc.]
1. The condition or quality of being reckless or heedless; recklessness.
1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1304 [A language] corrupted not so much by the mixture of other Tongues, as through a supine wretchlesnesse. 1647Hammond Power of Keys iv. 113 The pride and self-conceit of some, the wretchlesnes of others. 1673Hickman Quinquart. Hist. ii. 455 For any men to have the Doctor's..sentence of Predestination alway before them, is no way..apt to beget either despair or wretchlessness.
1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! vii, Till lately, from my youth up, I was given over to all wretchlessness and unclean living. 1860A. L. Windsor Ethica iv. 209 To the wretchlessness of human nature his mind..must have been peculiarly sensitive.
2. Disregard or neglect of something.
Frequent in echoes of quot. 1630.
1630Articles Ch. England xvii. C 2, Whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into desperation, or into wretchlesness [earlier edd. rech(e)lesnesse] of most unclean living. [1819G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) I. 171 To drive man to absolute despair and thence (as our Church expresses it) to complete wretchlessness of unclean living.] 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 377 What a rare insolence and wretchlessness of sin must be involved in such expressions. 1892Sat. Rev. 17 Dec. 719/2 His fault-finding is due to wretchlessness of most unclean desperation in him. |