▪ I. wreakless, a.1 rare.
(ˈriːklɪs)
[f. wreak n. + -less.]
a. Unpunished. b. Unavenged.
| 1613 Chapman Rev. Bussy d' Ambois iii. i, Nought that is Approu'd by Reason, can be Cowardise. Charl. Dispute when you should fight. Wrong wreaklesse sleeping, Makes men dye honorlesse. 1615 ― Odyssey ii. 223 You still wreaklesse liue: Gnaw (vermine-like) things sacred: no lawes giue To your deuouring. 1880 Swinburne Birthday Ode 142 Under these the watch of wreakless wrong With fire of eyes anhungered. |
▪ II. † ˈwreakless, a.2 Obs.—1
[Cf. wreak v., obs. var. reck v.]
= reckless a.
| 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, v. vi. 7 So flies the wreaklesse shepherd from y⊇ Wolfe. |