reccheles

Middle English

Alternative forms

• recchelees

Etymology

Inherited from Old English rēċċelēas, rēċelēas, from Proto-West Germanic *rōkulaus; equivalent to recchen (“to care”) +‎ -les.

Adjective

reccheles

1. reckless
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 279-280:

     ‘O trouble wit, o ire recchelees,
     That unavysed smytest giltelees!’

     ‘O troubled wit, O reckless anger,
     That recklessly smites the guiltless!’

References

• “reccheles”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.