reckless

adjectivecommon in dialogue

//ˈɹɛkləs//
/[ˈɹʷɛkləs] ~ [ˈɹʷɛkls̩]/

Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.

adjective

1
Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
2
Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
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.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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”).

Forms

comparative: recklesser, more reckless
superlative: recklessest, most reckless

recital · The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has…recite · To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously…reciting · A recitation.

reckless · Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.

Reckless · A surname.reckon · To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to…reckoning · The action of calculating or estimating something.

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