reckless

See also: Reckless

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Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną
Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan
Old English rēċan
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Old English rēċelēas
Middle English rekles
English reckless

    From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English rēcelēas (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck +‎ -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛkləs/, [ˈɹʷɛkləs] ~ [ˈɹʷɛkls̩]
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛkləs
    • Hyphenation: reck‧less

    Adjective

    reckless (comparative recklesser or more reckless, superlative recklessest or most reckless)

    1. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:reckless
    2. Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
      • 2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2018:
        Escalation is the film’s nuclear energy source. It’s there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by [Tom] Cruise, again defying good sense and his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment.

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