wretchless
English
Etymology
Alteration of retchless, equivalent to retch (“reck; care; regard”) + -less. See reckless.
Adjective
wretchless (comparative more wretchless, superlative most wretchless)
- (obsolete) reckless
- (obsolete) disregarded
- J. Webster
- Sleep you now
Upon the bench, when your deaf ears should listen
Unto the wretchless clamours of the poor?
- Sleep you now
- J. Webster
Related terms
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)