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retchlesse

retchlesse is the obsolete spelling of retchless.

Meaning of retchless

Adjective

retchless (comparative more retchless, superlative most retchless)

  1. (obsolete) careless; reckless
    • They are such retchless flies as you are, that blow cutpurses abroad in every corner; your foolish having of money makes 'em.1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fair

Forms of retchlesse

comparativemore retchlesse
superlativemost retchlesse

Questions about retchlesse

What is retchlesse the obsolete spelling of?
Retchlesse is the obsolete spelling of retchless.

Words near retchlesse in the dictionary

  1. retchers
  2. retches
  3. retching
  4. retchings
  5. retchless
  6. retchlesse
  7. retchlessness
  8. retcht
  9. retchtest
  10. retcon
  11. retconned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retchlesse (page history and authors); retchless (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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