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单词 wretchlessness
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wretchlessnessn.

/ˈrɛtʃlɪsnɪs/
Forms: 1600s wretchlesnes, 1600s wretchlesness, 1600s wretchlesnesse, 1600s wretchlessnesse, 1600s–1700s wrechlesness, 1600s–1800s wretchlessness.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: recklessness n.
Etymology: Variant of recklessness n. (see α. forms at reckless adj. and adv.), respelt with w- as a result of folk-etymological association with wretch n. Compare wretchless adj.
Now only archaic.
Also Raleigh Hist. World (1634) iv. iii. §5, S. Daniel Ciuile Warres (1718) v. xxi, where however the earlier edd. have retchlesnes(se, etc.
1. The condition or quality of being reckless or heedless; recklessness.
ΘΚΠ
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
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1304 [A language] corrupted not so much by the mixture of other Tongues, as through a supine wretchlesnesse.
1647 H. Hammond Of Power of Keyes iv. 113 The pride and self-conceit of some, the wretchlesnes of others.
1674 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis (ed. 2) 160 For any men to have the Doctor's..sentence of Predestination alway before them, is no way..apt to beget either despair or wretchlesness.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! vii Till lately, from my youth up, I was given over to all wretchlessness and unclean living.1860 A. 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.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect > of something
recklessnessOE
negligence1351
unconsiderance1546
neglect1597
wretchlessness1630
1630 Articles 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.
1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. iv. 171 To drive man to absolute despair and thence (as our Church expresses it) to complete wretchlessness of unclean living.]
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 377 What a rare insolence and wretchlessness of sin must be involved in such expressions.
1892 Sat. Rev. 17 Dec. 719/2 His fault-finding is due to wretchlessness of most unclean desperation in him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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