reckless
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; ; -Macaulay
- "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"
- "a reckless driver"
- characterized by careless unconcern; - Edith Wharton
- "reckless squandering of public funds"
Adj
- Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
- Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
daring, devil-may-care, foolhardy, headstrong, heady, heedless, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick-and-dirty, rash, reckless, sudden, temeritous
Scrabble Score: 14
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