recklessadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkləs/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkləs/

Forms:

α. early Old English reccileas, Old English recceleas, Old English–early Middle English receleas, late Old English recelæas, Middle English recchelees, Middle English reccheles, Middle English reccheless, Middle English reccherous (transmission error), Middle English rechcheles, Middle English rechelees, Middle English rechiless, Middle English reecheles, Middle English richelees, Middle English–1500s recheles, Middle English–1500s recheless, Middle English–1500s rechelesse, Middle English–1500s rechelles, Middle English–1600s rechles, Middle English–1600s retcheles, Middle English–1600s retchles, late Middle English rechelis, late Middle English rechelys, late Middle English rechiles (in a late copy), late Middle English rechyles, late Middle English richilees, 1500s rachelesse, 1500s reacheles, 1500s reachelesse, 1500s reatchlesse, 1500s rechellesse, 1500s rechelous, 1500s retchelesse, 1500s richeles, 1500s rycheles, 1500s–1600s reachles, 1500s–1600s reachless, 1500s–1600s reachlesse, 1500s–1600s reatchles, 1500s–1600s rechless, 1500s–1600s rechlesse, 1500s–1600s retchlesse, 1500s–1600s wretchlesse, 1500s–1700s retchless, 1500s–1700s wretchles, 1600s wrechless, 1600s wretchless, 1600s–1700s wrechles; N.E.D. (1904) also records forms Middle English retchless, late Middle English rechilesse.

β. early Middle English reckelæs ( Ormulum), Middle English reccles, Middle English rekelees, Middle English rekkeles, Middle English rekless, Middle English reklesse, Middle English reklis (northern), Middle English 1600s recles, Middle English 1600s rekeles, Middle English–1500s reckeles, Middle English–1500s reklees, Middle English–1500s rekles, Middle English–1600s rekeless, late Middle English rakeles (northern), late Middle English rakelese (northern), late Middle English rakles (northern), late Middle English reclis, late Middle English reclische, late Middle English regeles (perhaps transmission error), 1500s rackles, 1500s reaklesse, 1500s rekkeless, 1500s–1600s reckeless, 1500s–1600s reckelesse, 1500s–1600s recklesse, 1500s–1600s wreakeless, 1500s–1600s wreakless, 1500s–1600s wreaklesse, 1500s–1700s reckles, 1500s– reckless, 1600s racklesse, 1600s reakles, 1600s reakless, 1600s recklesh, 1600s rekelesse, 1600s wreakelesse, 1600s 1800s wreckless; English regional 1700s– rackless (northern), 1800s rakeless; Scottish pre-1700 rackeles, pre-1700 racklesse, pre-1700 racles, pre-1700 raikles, pre-1700 rakeles, pre-1700 rakeless, pre-1700 raklas, pre-1700 raklase, pre-1700 rakles, pre-1700 raklese, pre-1700 raklis, pre-1700 reakles, pre-1700 reckles, pre-1700 recles, pre-1700 recless, pre-1700 rekles, pre-1700 rekless, pre-1700 roklis, pre-1700 1700s rackles, pre-1700 1700s– rackless, pre-1700 1700s– reckless, pre-1700 (1800s Shetland) rakless, 1800s rackliss (Shetland), 1800s recklis.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reck v., -less suffix.

Etymology: Either < reck v. + -less suffix, or cognate with Middle Dutch rōkelōs , roekeloes , roekeloos , roekloos (Dutch roekeloos ), Middle Low German rōkelōs , rȫkelōs , rōklōs , Old High German ruachalōs , ruoholōso , ruohlōs (Middle High German ruochelōs , German ruchlos ) < the Germanic base of Old High German ruohha , etc. (see reck n.) + the Germanic base of -less suffix.The α. forms are very common until the mid 17th cent.; the β. forms are rarely found in southern writers before the end of the 16th cent. Compare also the form history at reck v. and reck n.

A. adj.

a. Heedless of or indifferent to the consequences of one's actions; lacking in prudence or caution; willing or liable to take risks; rash, foolhardy; irresponsible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective]

recklesseOE

unreckless?c1225

wildc1350

thoughtless1544

uncarefula1555

incurious1570

careless1578

unsolicitous1668

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] > of or to something

recklesseOE

regardless1578

slow1667

unconcerned1667

unheeding1795

unrecking1824

irregardless1912

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless

recklesseOE

redmodOE

unreckless?c1225

hastivec1300

racklec1300

testyc1374

rabbisha1387

temeraryc1410

temerous1461

rash1509

temerarious1532

hare-brained1548

temerarec1550

hare-brain1566

hot-spurred1573

overrash1577

hotspur1586

madcap1591

wretchless1598

Phaetontic1608

zeal-blind1615

Phaetontal1617

unresponsable1619

Phaetontical1630

phaetonicala1640

Phaetonic1708

hell-bent1731

harum-scarum1751

unresponsible1764

suicidal1768

rumgumptious1781

shy1787

devil-may-care1799

bullheaded1818

devil-may-carish1825

temeritous1892

kamikaze1952

α.

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 96/1 Praefaricator, reccileas.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) v. 13 Ðu wen[d]est ðætte stiorlease men & recelea [s] e wæren gesælie.

a1300 in M. R. James Catal. MSS Gonville & Caius Coll., Cambr. (1908) II. 415 (MED) Þeys bet ȝe þre þat god for les: Holdman Gytles [read wytles], Yongman recheles, Womman sameles.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 616 Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees And necligent and truste on flaterye.

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2680 Euer after forsothe a parfyt leuer was he, Þe whyche hadde be a ful rechelesse womon byfore.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlvi. 311 In his yougthe he had ben wyld and recheles.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 179 (MED) There was a monke liȝt and recheles in lyuynge and was lecherous.

1522 J. Skelton Why Come ye nat to Courte (1545) sig. Cviii But braynsyk and braynlesse Wytles and rechelesse Careles and shamlesse Thriftles and gracelesse To gether are bended And so condyscended That the commune welth Shal neuer haue good helth.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 76 Thys intaylyng..makyth many rechles heyrys.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G4 ^v Of him that is an idle glutton at home, or a retchlesse vnthrift abroad.

1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 183 To reform a debauch'd and wretchlesse child.

β. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1857 (MED) Þou wer to rekles, For to comytte þi quiete..To cruel Fortune.c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 311 (MED) In þe dioces of Coleyn þer was a yong damysell þat was rakles & lichoros.a1500 in T. Wright Songs & Carols (1847) 34 (MED) Wywes be rekeles, chyldren be onkynd.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 137 And syne is rekles in his gouernance..That man is abill to fall ane gret mischance.1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 581 Thay ar bot rakles, young and rasche.1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Recklesse, rash, carelesse.1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 90 in Poems Next this was drawn the reckless Cities flame, When a strange Hell pour'd down from Heaven there came.1773 H. Hartson Youth 3 The gay, the reckless progeny of man.1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 12 Ye reckless dupes, who hither wend your way.1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. iii. 43 I became bold, reckless, and adventurous.1847 Southern & Western Literary Messenger & Rev. 13 88/2 She left an infant a few months old..under the devoted care of its maternal grandparents. Its reckless father..had committed it to their charge and again gone forth to seek enjoyment on some foreign shore.1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. vi. 63 A rough and reckless soldier, caring for nothing but a fight.1909 G. Stein Three Lives 104 She liked drinking and that made her reckless.1964 I. Wallace The Man (1965) v. 392 The gin, and the scent of her, now mixed together behind his temples and made him light-headed and reckless.1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 36/2 Every generation has included its score of reckless gamblers.

b. Careless in executing a task, duty, etc.; inattentive, lacking in diligence. Now rare.In later use perhaps with allusion to quot. a1616 at β. .

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent

yemelesc897

recklesseOE

unshrivel1340

lashc1374

negligenta1382

laches1418

lachous1484

forgetful1526

neglect1603

wreaklessa1616

slighty1658

relasch1663

α.

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. xi. 190 Ymb þa gemænne his ecre hælo [he] wæs to sæne & to receleas.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 39 (MED) Ðe unwreste herde..slepeð and synegeð on gemeleste alse he þat is recheles.

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 2 (MED) Alle hit [v.r. ha] beoð untohene & rechelese hinen, bute ȝef he ham rihte.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 361 (MED) He was recheles a morwe, and wolde nouȝt come or he hadde i-ete.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 307 (MED) Thei ouȝten not be ouer myche recheles in lesing her godis.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 133 (MED) Peple schulde not be reccheles and vnkynde to considre deuoutly þe benefete of cristis resurrexioun.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. v He y^t woll..be slouthfull, recheles, and nat dilygent.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 9 A reachelesse [1580 retcheles] seruant, a mistris that skowles.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 45 The carelessnesse and slothfulnesse of retchlesse servants.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1048 Reachless or careless.

β. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 932 Þatt iudisskenn preost. Þurrh drihhtin shollde swelltenn Ȝiff þatt he wære reckelæs. To ringenn hise belless.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28269 Mi childer als and my menȝe A reckeles leder þai fand me.a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5802 Whaswa es rekles and kepes it ille, He sal be aresoned. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 428 Rekkeles, necgligens, incurius.c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1281 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 333 Repentand hyme..he had [bene] þane sa raklase, þat hyre name nocht had he speryt.c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) 302 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 577 (MED) Herdys be rekles þe lambe for to defende, Take noon hede on theyr flock to tary.1559 D. Lindsay Dreme 1042 He wyll nocht excuse thyne ignorance, Geue thow be rekles in thy gouernyng.a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. A3 A racklesse hussie makes monie thieves.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. vi. 7 So flies the wreaklesse shepherd from y^e Wolfe.1820 W. Scott Monastery I. viii. 129 Wo to the reckless shepherd, who suffered the wolf to carry a choice one from the flock, while he busied himself with trimming his sling and his staff to give the monster battle!1997 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 25 Oct. a18 These unions have been reckless shepherds and left their flock to the wolves of public opinion.

c. Heedless or careless of or indifferent (as) to something.In Old English with genitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless > of, to, or with something

recklesslOE

unthoughtfulc1485

inconsiderate1607

desperatea1616

wretchless1661

slow1667

unconcerned1667

lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 258 To hwam wurde þu swa receleas þæra gyfena [þe ic ðe geaf].

?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 70 Ȝif þou wilt now be recheles of þyn owen welfare and take noon hede of þis rekenyng..alle þe tongis þat euere weren..mowen not telle þe sorwe and woo þat þou shalt suffre.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 67 It is to vileynose a thing for a knyghte..to be rekeles [a1463 Pierpont Morgan recheles] or yvilknowing of goodnessis.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 290 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 264 Gyf scho ware mare rakles of It,..scho suld rew it farly sare.

a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 12 Retchlesse of his life, he gan both sighe and grone.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ii. 33 The cause of your growing carelesse and wretchlesse both of your body, soule, and goods.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 88 Retchless of Laws, affects to rule alone.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 356 Reckless of her parents' will.

1840 Times 26 May 5/2 Though frequently remonstrated with..as to the imprudence of so driving with such a load, he was reckless to the advice.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlii. 252 This unfortunate man had become reckless of life.

1887 R. Lodge Mod. Europe (1897) xxii. §16. 517 The king's brothers..were utterly reckless of the dangers to which their conduct exposed Louis XVI.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iv. 200 He turned landward and ran towards the shore and, running up the sloping beach, reckless of the sharp shingle, found a sandy nook amid a ring of tufted sand knolls.

1955 Law & Contemp. Prob. 20 635 The accused is to be condemned because he was reckless as to the consequences.

1977 B. Fuller Nullarbor Lifelines 161 A driver, reckless of his car and his life, occasionally collided with a kangaroo at night.

1991 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 15 July Berserk..was an ancient Scandinavian hero so fiercely reckless of danger that he battled not in armour but in bearskins.

†d. Having no care or consideration for oneself or another person; indifferent; uncaring. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]

carelessOE

negligentc1390

recklessc1425

neutral1494

indifferent?1520

undifferentc1540

uncareful1560

unmindful1560

unaddicted1583

unmindful1585

perfunctory1602

disinteressed1603

come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616

disinteresteda1631

Laodicean1633

vacanta1639

unconcerned1645

easy1649

mawkish1679

indifferinga1694

concernless1706

unminding1714

nonchalanta1734

coolrife1768

uninterested1772

uncaring1786

tooth-picking1814

pococurante1815

pococurantish1821

insouciant1829

non-committal1829

don't-care1830

promiscuous1837

don't-carish1838

unpartial1840

noncurantist1882

noncuranta1913

casual1916

Gallionic1920

disengaged1958

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 754 (MED) For sche was cause, God wotte, causeles, Þis gery Fortune, þis lady reccheles.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 397 Eke lo how fals And reccheles Was to Breseyda Achilles.

1532 (?a1400) Romaunt Rose 340 (MED) To sorowe was she ful ententyf, That woful recheles caytyf.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. ii. 50 More to be reueng'd on Eglamoure, Then for the loue of reck-lesse Siluia.

1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood ii Rackless Death, wha came unsenn To Lucky Wood.

1758 S. MacArthur Urania 26 Now, reckless grown, upon his native flood, Headlong, his wretched weight he cast.

2. Of an action, emotion, event, etc.: characterized or distinguished by heedlessness of or disregard for consequences or danger; rash. Formerly also: †characterized by lack of care or absence of feeling. (obsolete).Law. Characterized by the creation of a risk to another person and by wilful disregard for or indifference to this; frequently in reckless driving, reckless endangerment, etc.In quot. OE at α. : characterized by heedlessness of what is right or proper, impudent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > characterized by carelessness

recklessOE

wretchless1607

careless1888

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc.

recklessOE

racklec1405

savagec1425

rash1533

hot-brained1556

rashful1567

blindfold1593

lavish1600

wretchless1607

blind1615

hand over head1682

wild goose1770

plunging1798

wild cat1890

(like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896

α.

OE Sedulius Glosses (Corpus Cambr. 173) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 36/1 [Clamore] proteruo : receleasre.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 175 O trouble wit o Ire recchelees That vnauysed smyteth giltlees.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 1052 Ȝowith is recheles But ther it is refreyned.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 207/1 The good meane maner betwene scrupulouse superstition and rechlesse negligence.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xlvi Death..With retcheles hande in grave doth couer it.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxiii. 118 Being full of excrementes by reason of ther reacheles diet.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 157 Too deare a price for so fruitlesse, so wretchlesse a purchase.

a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3126 A Retchless Temper, or neglective Content in Living from hand to mouth.

β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12315 O barns and þat wit þaim war Brak þe pott þat iesus bar, Wit wil or wit recles [Fairf. reklis] dint.a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 857 (MED) Of slike rekles warkes Sais haly writ..Þai er corrumpid.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 455 I haiff tynt men throw my our rakless deid.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 143 Asking wald haif convenient place..But hairt abasit, but toung rekles.1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. I.iiij^v A troubled wyt, a reaklesse hande, a wrathfull hart to spill.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 109 Rekles negligence in preicheng the worde of God.a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 307 That nane suld neid to fear that he wald commit any errour or racles turn.1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 284 Rackless Youth makes rueful Age.1773 H. Mackenzie Prince of Tunis iii. 39 A woman's arm, Weak as it is, Despair and reckless rage Shall teach revenge.1791 J. West Edmund Ironside ii. iii. 156 In tumultuous war With reckless haste I plung'd.1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. 3 He had lost..all the reckless play of raillery which gave vivacity to his original acting.1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. vi. 216 A system of small landed properties..is supposed to encourage a reckless increase of population.1881 Catholic World Aug. 681 She laughed, partly in derision, partly from joy at finding the feeling of reckless indifference and obstinacy stealing over her.1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 295 No doubt she was in a reckless mood, and she was young, absurdly young.1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. xi. iv. 151 Exposing himself with reckless gallantry at the head of an infantry charge.1964 Columbia Law Rev. 64 1531 A person is guilty of ‘reckless endangerment’ when he recklessly engages in conduct that places or may place another person in danger of injury.1991 Independent 5 Jan. 2/7 A former police officer was found guilty of reckless driving and jailed for 18 months.

†3. Carefree, unconcerned. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > light-hearted

lightOE

recklessc1400

lightsomea1425

light-hearted1440

free-hearted1549

unsolicitous1668

jaunty1672

carefree1795

light-heart1802

sans-souciant1826

buoyant-minded1833

cheero1915

viscerotonic1937

funsy1958

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 2 Wolleward and wete-shoed went I..As a reccheles [c1400 C text richelees] renke, þat of no wo reccheth.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 40 (MED) Þis kyng lay at Camylot vpon kryst-masse..With rych reuel oryȝt & rechles merþes.

a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 238 (MED) As reson hathe rulyd my recles [v.r. Rechyles] mynde, Be a wey wandryng as I went, A solom cite me fortunyd to fynde.

B. adv.

Recklessly. Now rare (chiefly nonstandard in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb]

recklesslyeOE

lighteOE

yemeleslichec1000

lightlyOE

recklessa1450

slightlya1557

uncaredly?1590

wretchlessly?16..

incuriously1603

uncarefully1655

carelessly1667

slightily1679

slapdash1680

lashly1691

cavalierly1718

negligent1738

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly

recklesslyeOE

abandonc1330

rabbishlya1387

recklessa1450

savagelyc1450

temerarilyc1450

temerously1461

rashly?1518

temerariously1535

improvisedlya1538

hare-brainedlya1577

rash1591

wretchlessly?16..

over-rashly1609

bayardly1624

to run amok1689

harum-scarum1691

hell-bent1863

a1450 (?1418) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 64 (MED) Richesse..Take fro þe nedy, to þe nedeles dele, And wylde recheles as a roo.

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 62 Quod leccherie, ‘þi seed richelees þou schake, And make no force of no mariage’.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 270 Than ane Mawthland rakless betwix thaim past.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts i. f. vi^v What daunger it wer for vs negligently and recheles to execute thoffice, whiche we take in hande.

1866 J. S. Blackie Homer & Iliad I. 163 The hurly-burly of reckless-shifting war.

1930 Amarillo (Texas) Globe 8 Aug. I remember one or two times when I drove more reckless than I ever did when I was out alone.

1998 J. R. Pyle Sound of Distant Thunder 93 Jim Bob knew that road, and he wasn't known to drive reckless or burn rubber, so why the speed before that curve?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reckless
释义	recklessadj.adv. Brit. /ˈrɛkləs/, U.S. /ˈrɛkləs/ Forms: α. early Old English reccileas, Old English recceleas, Old English–early Middle English receleas, late Old English recelæas, Middle English recchelees, Middle English reccheles, Middle English reccheless, Middle English reccherous (transmission error), Middle English rechcheles, Middle English rechelees, Middle English rechiless, Middle English reecheles, Middle English richelees, Middle English–1500s recheles, Middle English–1500s recheless, Middle English–1500s rechelesse, Middle English–1500s rechelles, Middle English–1600s rechles, Middle English–1600s retcheles, Middle English–1600s retchles, late Middle English rechelis, late Middle English rechelys, late Middle English rechiles (in a late copy), late Middle English rechyles, late Middle English richilees, 1500s rachelesse, 1500s reacheles, 1500s reachelesse, 1500s reatchlesse, 1500s rechellesse, 1500s rechelous, 1500s retchelesse, 1500s richeles, 1500s rycheles, 1500s–1600s reachles, 1500s–1600s reachless, 1500s–1600s reachlesse, 1500s–1600s reatchles, 1500s–1600s rechless, 1500s–1600s rechlesse, 1500s–1600s retchlesse, 1500s–1600s wretchlesse, 1500s–1700s retchless, 1500s–1700s wretchles, 1600s wrechless, 1600s wretchless, 1600s–1700s wrechles; N.E.D. (1904) also records forms Middle English retchless, late Middle English rechilesse. β. early Middle English reckelæs ( Ormulum), Middle English reccles, Middle English rekelees, Middle English rekkeles, Middle English rekless, Middle English reklesse, Middle English reklis (northern), Middle English 1600s recles, Middle English 1600s rekeles, Middle English–1500s reckeles, Middle English–1500s reklees, Middle English–1500s rekles, Middle English–1600s rekeless, late Middle English rakeles (northern), late Middle English rakelese (northern), late Middle English rakles (northern), late Middle English reclis, late Middle English reclische, late Middle English regeles (perhaps transmission error), 1500s rackles, 1500s reaklesse, 1500s rekkeless, 1500s–1600s reckeless, 1500s–1600s reckelesse, 1500s–1600s recklesse, 1500s–1600s wreakeless, 1500s–1600s wreakless, 1500s–1600s wreaklesse, 1500s–1700s reckles, 1500s– reckless, 1600s racklesse, 1600s reakles, 1600s reakless, 1600s recklesh, 1600s rekelesse, 1600s wreakelesse, 1600s 1800s wreckless; English regional 1700s– rackless (northern), 1800s rakeless; Scottish pre-1700 rackeles, pre-1700 racklesse, pre-1700 racles, pre-1700 raikles, pre-1700 rakeles, pre-1700 rakeless, pre-1700 raklas, pre-1700 raklase, pre-1700 rakles, pre-1700 raklese, pre-1700 raklis, pre-1700 reakles, pre-1700 reckles, pre-1700 recles, pre-1700 recless, pre-1700 rekles, pre-1700 rekless, pre-1700 roklis, pre-1700 1700s rackles, pre-1700 1700s– rackless, pre-1700 1700s– reckless, pre-1700 (1800s Shetland) rakless, 1800s rackliss (Shetland), 1800s recklis. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reck v., -less suffix. Etymology: Either < reck v. + -less suffix, or cognate with Middle Dutch rōkelōs , roekeloes , roekeloos , roekloos (Dutch roekeloos ), Middle Low German rōkelōs , rȫkelōs , rōklōs , Old High German ruachalōs , ruoholōso , ruohlōs (Middle High German ruochelōs , German ruchlos ) < the Germanic base of Old High German ruohha , etc. (see reck n.) + the Germanic base of -less suffix.The α. forms are very common until the mid 17th cent.; the β. forms are rarely found in southern writers before the end of the 16th cent. Compare also the form history at reck v. and reck n. A. adj. 1. a. Heedless of or indifferent to the consequences of one's actions; lacking in prudence or caution; willing or liable to take risks; rash, foolhardy; irresponsible. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] recklesseOE unreckless?c1225 wildc1350 thoughtless1544 uncarefula1555 incurious1570 careless1578 unsolicitous1668 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] > of or to something recklesseOE regardless1578 slow1667 unconcerned1667 unheeding1795 unrecking1824 irregardless1912 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless recklesseOE redmodOE unreckless?c1225 hastivec1300 racklec1300 testyc1374 rabbisha1387 temeraryc1410 temerous1461 rash1509 temerarious1532 hare-brained1548 temerarec1550 hare-brain1566 hot-spurred1573 overrash1577 hotspur1586 madcap1591 wretchless1598 Phaetontic1608 zeal-blind1615 Phaetontal1617 unresponsable1619 Phaetontical1630 phaetonicala1640 Phaetonic1708 hell-bent1731 harum-scarum1751 unresponsible1764 suicidal1768 rumgumptious1781 shy1787 devil-may-care1799 bullheaded1818 devil-may-carish1825 temeritous1892 kamikaze1952 α. eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 96/1 Praefaricator, reccileas. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) v. 13 Ðu wen[d]est ðætte stiorlease men & recelea [s] e wæren gesælie. a1300 in M. R. James Catal. MSS Gonville & Caius Coll., Cambr. (1908) II. 415 (MED) Þeys bet ȝe þre þat god for les: Holdman Gytles [read wytles], Yongman recheles, Womman sameles. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 616 Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees And necligent and truste on flaterye. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2680 Euer after forsothe a parfyt leuer was he, Þe whyche hadde be a ful rechelesse womon byfore. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlvi. 311 In his yougthe he had ben wyld and recheles. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 179 (MED) There was a monke liȝt and recheles in lyuynge and was lecherous. 1522 J. Skelton Why Come ye nat to Courte (1545) sig. Cviii But braynsyk and braynlesse Wytles and rechelesse Careles and shamlesse Thriftles and gracelesse To gether are bended And so condyscended That the commune welth Shal neuer haue good helth. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 76 Thys intaylyng..makyth many rechles heyrys. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G4 ^v Of him that is an idle glutton at home, or a retchlesse vnthrift abroad. 1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 183 To reform a debauch'd and wretchlesse child. β. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1857 (MED) Þou wer to rekles, For to comytte þi quiete..To cruel Fortune.c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 311 (MED) In þe dioces of Coleyn þer was a yong damysell þat was rakles & lichoros.a1500 in T. Wright Songs & Carols (1847) 34 (MED) Wywes be rekeles, chyldren be onkynd.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 137 And syne is rekles in his gouernance..That man is abill to fall ane gret mischance.1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 581 Thay ar bot rakles, young and rasche.1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Recklesse, rash, carelesse.1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 90 in Poems Next this was drawn the reckless Cities flame, When a strange Hell pour'd down from Heaven there came.1773 H. Hartson Youth 3 The gay, the reckless progeny of man.1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 12 Ye reckless dupes, who hither wend your way.1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. iii. 43 I became bold, reckless, and adventurous.1847 Southern & Western Literary Messenger & Rev. 13 88/2 She left an infant a few months old..under the devoted care of its maternal grandparents. Its reckless father..had committed it to their charge and again gone forth to seek enjoyment on some foreign shore.1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. vi. 63 A rough and reckless soldier, caring for nothing but a fight.1909 G. Stein Three Lives 104 She liked drinking and that made her reckless.1964 I. Wallace The Man (1965) v. 392 The gin, and the scent of her, now mixed together behind his temples and made him light-headed and reckless.1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 36/2 Every generation has included its score of reckless gamblers. b. Careless in executing a task, duty, etc.; inattentive, lacking in diligence. Now rare.In later use perhaps with allusion to quot. a1616 at β. . ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent yemelesc897 recklesseOE unshrivel1340 lashc1374 negligenta1382 laches1418 lachous1484 forgetful1526 neglect1603 wreaklessa1616 slighty1658 relasch1663 α. eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. xi. 190 Ymb þa gemænne his ecre hælo [he] wæs to sæne & to receleas. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 39 (MED) Ðe unwreste herde..slepeð and synegeð on gemeleste alse he þat is recheles. c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 2 (MED) Alle hit [v.r. ha] beoð untohene & rechelese hinen, bute ȝef he ham rihte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 361 (MED) He was recheles a morwe, and wolde nouȝt come or he hadde i-ete. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 307 (MED) Thei ouȝten not be ouer myche recheles in lesing her godis. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 133 (MED) Peple schulde not be reccheles and vnkynde to considre deuoutly þe benefete of cristis resurrexioun. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. v He y^t woll..be slouthfull, recheles, and nat dilygent. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 9 A reachelesse [1580 retcheles] seruant, a mistris that skowles. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 45 The carelessnesse and slothfulnesse of retchlesse servants. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1048 Reachless or careless. β. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 932 Þatt iudisskenn preost. Þurrh drihhtin shollde swelltenn Ȝiff þatt he wære reckelæs. To ringenn hise belless.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28269 Mi childer als and my menȝe A reckeles leder þai fand me.a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5802 Whaswa es rekles and kepes it ille, He sal be aresoned. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 428 Rekkeles, necgligens, incurius.c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1281 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 333 Repentand hyme..he had [bene] þane sa raklase, þat hyre name nocht had he speryt.c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) 302 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 577 (MED) Herdys be rekles þe lambe for to defende, Take noon hede on theyr flock to tary.1559 D. Lindsay Dreme 1042 He wyll nocht excuse thyne ignorance, Geue thow be rekles in thy gouernyng.a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. A3 A racklesse hussie makes monie thieves.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. vi. 7 So flies the wreaklesse shepherd from y^e Wolfe.1820 W. Scott Monastery I. viii. 129 Wo to the reckless shepherd, who suffered the wolf to carry a choice one from the flock, while he busied himself with trimming his sling and his staff to give the monster battle!1997 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 25 Oct. a18 These unions have been reckless shepherds and left their flock to the wolves of public opinion. c. Heedless or careless of or indifferent (as) to something.In Old English with genitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless > of, to, or with something recklesslOE unthoughtfulc1485 inconsiderate1607 desperatea1616 wretchless1661 slow1667 unconcerned1667 lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 258 To hwam wurde þu swa receleas þæra gyfena [þe ic ðe geaf]. ?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 70 Ȝif þou wilt now be recheles of þyn owen welfare and take noon hede of þis rekenyng..alle þe tongis þat euere weren..mowen not telle þe sorwe and woo þat þou shalt suffre. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 67 It is to vileynose a thing for a knyghte..to be rekeles [a1463 Pierpont Morgan recheles] or yvilknowing of goodnessis. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 290 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 264 Gyf scho ware mare rakles of It,..scho suld rew it farly sare. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 12 Retchlesse of his life, he gan both sighe and grone. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ii. 33 The cause of your growing carelesse and wretchlesse both of your body, soule, and goods. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 88 Retchless of Laws, affects to rule alone. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 356 Reckless of her parents' will. 1840 Times 26 May 5/2 Though frequently remonstrated with..as to the imprudence of so driving with such a load, he was reckless to the advice. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlii. 252 This unfortunate man had become reckless of life. 1887 R. Lodge Mod. Europe (1897) xxii. §16. 517 The king's brothers..were utterly reckless of the dangers to which their conduct exposed Louis XVI. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iv. 200 He turned landward and ran towards the shore and, running up the sloping beach, reckless of the sharp shingle, found a sandy nook amid a ring of tufted sand knolls. 1955 Law & Contemp. Prob. 20 635 The accused is to be condemned because he was reckless as to the consequences. 1977 B. Fuller Nullarbor Lifelines 161 A driver, reckless of his car and his life, occasionally collided with a kangaroo at night. 1991 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 15 July Berserk..was an ancient Scandinavian hero so fiercely reckless of danger that he battled not in armour but in bearskins. †d. Having no care or consideration for oneself or another person; indifferent; uncaring. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] carelessOE negligentc1390 recklessc1425 neutral1494 indifferent?1520 undifferentc1540 uncareful1560 unmindful1560 unaddicted1583 unmindful1585 perfunctory1602 disinteressed1603 come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616 disinteresteda1631 Laodicean1633 vacanta1639 unconcerned1645 easy1649 mawkish1679 indifferinga1694 concernless1706 unminding1714 nonchalanta1734 coolrife1768 uninterested1772 uncaring1786 tooth-picking1814 pococurante1815 pococurantish1821 insouciant1829 non-committal1829 don't-care1830 promiscuous1837 don't-carish1838 unpartial1840 noncurantist1882 noncuranta1913 casual1916 Gallionic1920 disengaged1958 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 754 (MED) For sche was cause, God wotte, causeles, Þis gery Fortune, þis lady reccheles. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 397 Eke lo how fals And reccheles Was to Breseyda Achilles. 1532 (?a1400) Romaunt Rose 340 (MED) To sorowe was she ful ententyf, That woful recheles caytyf. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. ii. 50 More to be reueng'd on Eglamoure, Then for the loue of reck-lesse Siluia. View more context for this quotation 1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood ii Rackless Death, wha came unsenn To Lucky Wood. 1758 S. MacArthur Urania 26 Now, reckless grown, upon his native flood, Headlong, his wretched weight he cast. 2. Of an action, emotion, event, etc.: characterized or distinguished by heedlessness of or disregard for consequences or danger; rash. Formerly also: †characterized by lack of care or absence of feeling. (obsolete).Law. Characterized by the creation of a risk to another person and by wilful disregard for or indifference to this; frequently in reckless driving, reckless endangerment, etc.In quot. OE at α. : characterized by heedlessness of what is right or proper, impudent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > characterized by carelessness recklessOE wretchless1607 careless1888 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc. recklessOE racklec1405 savagec1425 rash1533 hot-brained1556 rashful1567 blindfold1593 lavish1600 wretchless1607 blind1615 hand over head1682 wild goose1770 plunging1798 wild cat1890 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896 α. OE Sedulius Glosses (Corpus Cambr. 173) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 36/1 [Clamore] proteruo : receleasre. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 175 O trouble wit o Ire recchelees That vnauysed smyteth giltlees. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 1052 Ȝowith is recheles But ther it is refreyned. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 207/1 The good meane maner betwene scrupulouse superstition and rechlesse negligence. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xlvi Death..With retcheles hande in grave doth couer it. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxiii. 118 Being full of excrementes by reason of ther reacheles diet. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 157 Too deare a price for so fruitlesse, so wretchlesse a purchase. a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3126 A Retchless Temper, or neglective Content in Living from hand to mouth. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12315 O barns and þat wit þaim war Brak þe pott þat iesus bar, Wit wil or wit recles [Fairf. reklis] dint.a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 857 (MED) Of slike rekles warkes Sais haly writ..Þai er corrumpid.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 455 I haiff tynt men throw my our rakless deid.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 143 Asking wald haif convenient place..But hairt abasit, but toung rekles.1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. I.iiij^v A troubled wyt, a reaklesse hande, a wrathfull hart to spill.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 109 Rekles negligence in preicheng the worde of God.a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 307 That nane suld neid to fear that he wald commit any errour or racles turn.1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 284 Rackless Youth makes rueful Age.1773 H. Mackenzie Prince of Tunis iii. 39 A woman's arm, Weak as it is, Despair and reckless rage Shall teach revenge.1791 J. West Edmund Ironside ii. iii. 156 In tumultuous war With reckless haste I plung'd.1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. 3 He had lost..all the reckless play of raillery which gave vivacity to his original acting.1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. vi. 216 A system of small landed properties..is supposed to encourage a reckless increase of population.1881 Catholic World Aug. 681 She laughed, partly in derision, partly from joy at finding the feeling of reckless indifference and obstinacy stealing over her.1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 295 No doubt she was in a reckless mood, and she was young, absurdly young.1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. xi. iv. 151 Exposing himself with reckless gallantry at the head of an infantry charge.1964 Columbia Law Rev. 64 1531 A person is guilty of ‘reckless endangerment’ when he recklessly engages in conduct that places or may place another person in danger of injury.1991 Independent 5 Jan. 2/7 A former police officer was found guilty of reckless driving and jailed for 18 months. †3. Carefree, unconcerned. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > light-hearted lightOE recklessc1400 lightsomea1425 light-hearted1440 free-hearted1549 unsolicitous1668 jaunty1672 carefree1795 light-heart1802 sans-souciant1826 buoyant-minded1833 cheero1915 viscerotonic1937 funsy1958 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 2 Wolleward and wete-shoed went I..As a reccheles [c1400 C text richelees] renke, þat of no wo reccheth. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 40 (MED) Þis kyng lay at Camylot vpon kryst-masse..With rych reuel oryȝt & rechles merþes. a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 238 (MED) As reson hathe rulyd my recles [v.r. Rechyles] mynde, Be a wey wandryng as I went, A solom cite me fortunyd to fynde. B. adv. Recklessly. Now rare (chiefly nonstandard in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] recklesslyeOE lighteOE yemeleslichec1000 lightlyOE recklessa1450 slightlya1557 uncaredly?1590 wretchlessly?16.. incuriously1603 uncarefully1655 carelessly1667 slightily1679 slapdash1680 lashly1691 cavalierly1718 negligent1738 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly recklesslyeOE abandonc1330 rabbishlya1387 recklessa1450 savagelyc1450 temerarilyc1450 temerously1461 rashly?1518 temerariously1535 improvisedlya1538 hare-brainedlya1577 rash1591 wretchlessly?16.. over-rashly1609 bayardly1624 to run amok1689 harum-scarum1691 hell-bent1863 a1450 (?1418) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 64 (MED) Richesse..Take fro þe nedy, to þe nedeles dele, And wylde recheles as a roo. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 62 Quod leccherie, ‘þi seed richelees þou schake, And make no force of no mariage’. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 270 Than ane Mawthland rakless betwix thaim past. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts i. f. vi^v What daunger it wer for vs negligently and recheles to execute thoffice, whiche we take in hande. 1866 J. S. Blackie Homer & Iliad I. 163 The hurly-burly of reckless-shifting war. 1930 Amarillo (Texas) Globe 8 Aug. I remember one or two times when I drove more reckless than I ever did when I was out alone. 1998 J. R. Pyle Sound of Distant Thunder 93 Jim Bob knew that road, and he wasn't known to drive reckless or burn rubber, so why the speed before that curve? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † recklessv. Forms: α. Old English receleasian. β. Scottish 1500s rakles, 1500s reckles, 1500s rekles. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: reckless adj. Etymology: Either < reckless adj., or cognate with Old High German ruahhalōsōn < the Germanic base of Old High German ruachalōs , etc. (see reckless adj.). In later use perhaps re-formed < reckless adj.In Old English the prefixed forms arēcelēasian to be negligent, neglect (compare a- prefix¹) and forrēcelēasian to neglect (compare for- prefix¹) are also attested. Obsolete (Scottish in later use.) transitive. To neglect (a task, duty, oneself, etc.); to be heedless or careless of. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] atletc1200 forheedc1275 forget1297 lachesc1425 remiss1443 to go by ——?c1450 unregard1545 recklessc1560 to fling aside1587 disregard1641 unheed1847 OE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 421) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 258 To hwon receleasadest þu ðære gife, þe ic ðe geaf? c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iii. 26 Rekles nocht ȝour eirand for the rane. 1567 Mary Queen of Scots in R. Keith Hist. Affairs Church & State Scotl. (1734) I. 391 Albeit he [sc. Bothwell] hes in some Pointis or Ceremoneis raklest himself. c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 49 Quhair I haif recklest I recant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.adv.eOEv.OE
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recklessadj.adv.

† recklessv.