wretchless

English

Etymology

Alteration of retchless, equivalent to retch (“reck; care; regard”) +‎ -less. See reckless.

Adjective

wretchless (comparative more wretchless, superlative most wretchless)

  1. (obsolete) reckless
  2. (obsolete) disregarded
    • J. Webster
      Sleep you now
      Upon the bench, when your deaf ears should listen
      Unto the wretchless clamours of the poor?
  • wretchlessly
  • wretchlessness

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wretchless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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