† ˈrecklesshead Obs.
Forms: re(c)che-, retche-, rekleshed(e, -heed.
[f. reckless a. + -head. Cf. (M)Du. roekeloosheid.]
Recklessness.
| α 1430–1 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 378/1 Of recheleshed addyng or levyng more or lesse than nedeth. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) ii. xx. 132/1 Yf they by retcheleshede of speche or of dede ben cause of brekynge of peas. |
| β 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vi, For rekleshed she sawe it all to late. 1447 O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 71 This errour..Wher in throgh reklesheed thou art falle. |
So
† recklesshood,
-laik.
Obs. rare.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 27772 O suernes cums..reccles-laic in mede and ded. 1833 Collier Hist. Eng. Dram. P. II. 290 They are called Recklesshood, Idleness, Surfeit [etc.]. |