retchless

English

Etymology

From Middle English recche (“care, heed”) +‎ -less. Compare English reckless.

Adjective

retchless (comparative more retchless, superlative most retchless)

(obsolete) careless; reckless
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  Retchless of laws, affects to rule alone

Related terms

retch (verb)
retchlessly
retchlessness

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retchless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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