† recolagen.
Obsolete.
Wanton or riotous conduct, revelry; (in plural) debaucheries.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun]
reveriec1350
wantonnessc1390
recolagea1400
unthriftinessc1450
dissoluteness1549
profligateness1668
profligacy1693
unvirtuousness1865
virtuelessness1891
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun]
unimetec888
unmethelOE
overdeeda1200
unmetheshipa1250
outragec1325
ragec1330
reveriec1350
delavinessc1380
recolagea1400
dissolutionc1400
superfluityc1405
wantonness1448
intemperancy1532
intemperacy?1541
untemperance?1541
intemperance1547
excess1552
immoderateness1569
intemperateness1571
unbridledness1571
inordinateness1577
untemperateness1578
dissoluteness1580
acrasia1590
acrasy1590
intemperature1602
inordination1615
inordinancya1617
immoderation1640
extravagancy1651
debauch1672
extravagance1676
incontinency1715
extravaganza1754
incontinence1836
unmeasuredness1864
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] > action or conduct
recolagea1400
racket1565
ranting1633
raking1700
rakery1712
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Recolage Riueli se we him that drawes Til recolage of ille felawes Falle als fol in fele folies.
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 7273 (MED) Þan wyl þey..sytte vp þare wyþ recolage.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1952 (MED) Fle recolage and thefe as dede.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 1267 I woll nat leve my feleshippe, ne my rekelagis, Ne my disepleying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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