"retchless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more retchless [comparative], most retchless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English recche (“care, heed”) + -less. Compare English reckless. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|recche|t=care, heed}} Middle English recche (“care, heed”), {{suffix|en||less}} + -less, {{cog|en|reckless}} English reckless Head templates: {{en-adj}} retchless (comparative more retchless, superlative most retchless)
  1. (obsolete) careless; reckless Tags: obsolete Related terms: retch [verb], retchlessly, retchlessness
    Sense id: en-retchless-en-adj-ZjH~HaWb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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