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).

单词	wretchlessness
释义	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). < n.1625
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