reckless
adjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈɹɛkləs//
- /[ˈɹʷɛkləs] ~ [ˈɹʷɛkls̩]/
Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
adjectif
- 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.
Étymologie
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”).
Formes
- comparatif
- recklesser, more reckless
- superlatif
- recklessest, most reckless
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.