单词 | recklessness |
释义 | recklessnessn. 1. The quality of being reckless (in various senses); an instance of this, a reckless act. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or heedlessness rechelesteOE yemelestc897 recklessnessOE unbeseyness?c1225 yemeleaschipec1230 unmindinga1382 negligencec1390 rechelesshipc1390 recklessheadc1410 unadvertance1483 unheediness1486 unmindfulnessa1500 non-advertencec1540 carelessness1561 inadvertence1568 heedlessness1581 unheedfulness1586 inadvertency1592 inobservance1611 regardlessness1611 indiligence1636 unattentivenessa1649 inanimadvertency1650 non-advertency1653 unadvertency1655 inanimadvertence1656 disregard1661 inanimadversion1676 non-attendancya1677 inobservancy1677 unattention1691 inattention1710 inobservation1727 inattentiveness1753 tentlessness1883 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness recklessnessOE resec1275 outragea1387 rechelesshipc1390 wantonnessc1390 hastivessa1393 recklesslaika1400 racklenessc1405 recklessheadc1410 headiness1447 temerity?a1475 lavishness1477 hastivitya1500 rashnessa1500 Ate1587 temerousness1598 temeritude1623 wretchlessness1625 hare-brainedness1656 rantum-scantum1695 temerariousness1711 blindness1796 devil-may-carishness1829 devil-may-careness1834 devil-may-care1836 rattle-brain1838 devil-may-careism1841 bullheadedness1858 harum-scarumness1863 madcappery1905 α. β. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 230 (MED) I fully schal obeie..And nat declyne þoruȝ no reklesnes In any point from ȝoure comaundement.1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 29/2 Maistres and Mariners of certein Schippes..by rekelesnesse and misgovernaile..have hert and brused other Schippes.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 173 The gret trespace that he throw raklesnace Had gert him mak.1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxvijv Throughe a certeine negligence, and racklesnes of suche as shoulde haue redressed it in tyme.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. vi. sig. E2 That ouer-many good fortunes began to breed a proude recklesnesse in them.1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 34 Ane Gentleman percace Had slain ane man al throw his raklesnes.1614 R. Brathwait Schollers Medley 73 Most of all by his recklesnesse, haue the sequels of things proued lesse fortunate.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Recklesness, Carelessness; negligence.1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 21 Hardly listening to them, in the pride and recklessness of his nature.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 195 Oedipus, in his youthful recklessness,..kills his father and weds his mother.1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 102 Nelson did some of the bravest things ever done by man. They were brave to the brink of recklessness.1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus ii. iv. 124 Their evenings together had a quality of recklessness that kept them in continuous, giggling excitement.2004 Yale Law Jrnl. 114 108 The criminal law's general ranking of recklessness as a more blameworthy state of mind than simple negligence.OE Wulfstan Gifts Holy Spirit (Hatton) 187 Ongean þam wislican ræde þe of Godes agenre gyfe cymð se wiðerræda deofol sæwð receleasnesse. OE Form of Confession (Tiber. C.i) in Anglia (1889) 11 102 On þam [sc. Sunday] ic fela dyde þæs ðe ic don ne scolde on unnettum stedum & setlum ge on gangum,..ge on unnyttum luste ge on monigfealdum receleasnyssum gedyde. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 237 (MED) Of slouȝþe comeþ drerines, wikkednus..Wonhope, Rechelesnesse also. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 392 If eny siche lordeschips be wiþdrawe..fro hem by rechelesnes of her predecessouris. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 195 (MED) To þe forberer or absteyner is excludid ful greet occasioun of leccherye and of manye wijlde recchelesnessis. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. v. 199 How many good thinges thou hast lefte vndon of rechelesnes. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 206 b Neyther can any such retchlesnes agree with the gracious mercifulnes of God. 1619 F. Rous Arte of Happines 256 The retchlesnesse & hard heartedness of Man,..may so much grieue & afflict him, that the seede of grace and glorie, sowne in vs, may be much withered and pined. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 123 Through the rechlesness of our first parents. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B3 A retchlesness and mockery ill becoming his Character. 2. Neglect or disregard of something. In Old English with genitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect > of something recklessnessOE negligence1351 unconsiderance1546 neglect1597 wretchlessness1630 OE Handbk. for Use of Confessor (Corpus Cambr. 201) in Anglia (1965) 83 17 Ic andette mines modes morðor,..and ofermodignesse, receleasnessa Godes beboda. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 173 Englisshe men..woneþ hem to..rechelesnesse [?a1475 anon. tr. negligence; L. negligentiæ] of Goddes hous. c1440 Privity of Passion (Thornton) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 215 (MED) All þis reklessnes of all outward thynges..was cause[d] of þe gret loue & desyre þat scho had to hir mayster. a1500 Bernardus de Cura (1870) 313 Quhat sum euer man excuseis reklesnes Of worde and verk..He accuseis hym selffe and his foly. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 348 A society where recklessness of life is treated with leniency. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. ix. 342 In their insular recklessness of canonical niceties. 1934 R. Lynd Both Sides of Road xvi. 106 The impatient motorist..with his recklessness of the consequences of his impatience for others. 1987 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 5 Nov. 1/5 In considering third-degree murder..he said the deed has to show recklessness of consequences, and a mind without regard for social duty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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