retchless
careless; reckless
Adjective
- careless; reckless
- They are such retchless flies as you are, that blow cutpurses abroad in every corner; your foolish having of money makes 'em. - 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fair:
- Retchless of laws, affects to rule alone - 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- For if so be that God justly do thus give to Satan and his seed to vex and molest Christ and his penitent people, O what and how justly may he and will he give to Satan to entreat the retchless and impenitent sinners! -...
Origin
From Middle English recche (“care, heed”) + -less. Compare English reckless.