wreaklessadj.1
/ˈriːklɪs/ rare.
1. Unpunished.
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1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois iii. sig. E3v Nought that is Approu'd by Reason, can be Cowardise. Charl. Dispute when you should fight. Wrong wreaklesse sleeping, Makes men dye honorlesse.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 223 You still wreaklesse liue: Gnaw (vermine-like) things sacred: no lawes giue To your deuouring.
2. Unavenged.
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1880 A. C. Swinburne Birthday Ode 142 Under these the watch of wreakless wrong With fire of eyes anhungered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
† wreaklessadj.2
Obsolete. rare.
= reckless adj.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent
yemelesc897
recklesseOE
unshrivel1340
lashc1374
negligenta1382
laches1418
lachous1484
forgetful1526
neglect1603
wreaklessa1616
slighty1658
relasch1663
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. vi. 7 So flies the wreaklesse shepherd from ye Wolfe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.2a1616- to down upon
- to down with
- to doze it
- to doze off or over
- to drab it
- to drag along, on
- to drag ass
- to drag by the ears
- to drag his coat-tails, so that some one may tread on them
- to drag his coattails, so that some one may tread on them
- to drag in
- to drag in into
- to drag in the mire
- to drag on, along
- to drag on, out
- to drag one's brains
- to drag one's feet
- to drag one's heels
- to drag ones slow length along
- to drag out
- to drag out of the closet
- to drag something out of the closet
- to drag the anchor
- to drag through the mud
- to drag up