reckless
English
/ˈɹɛkləs/
adj
Definitions
- Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
- Indifferent to danger or the consequences.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rekles inherited from Old English rēcelēas (careless, negligent, reckless) suf from English reck.
Origin
English
reck
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reck English
- reckful English
- recklesser English
- recklessest English
- recklessly English
- recklessness English
- reckling English
- retchless English
- Ruchlosigkeit German
- ruchlos German
- roekeloos Dutch, Flemish
- roeken Dutch, Flemish
- rēcelēas Old English
- recche Middle English
- recken Middle English
- rekles Middle English
- reklesnes Middle English
- ryggesløs Danish
- ruochlōs Middle High German
- rōkelōs Middle Low German