Reckling
//ˈɹɛklɪŋ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A weak child or animal. archaic
"O ay, what say ye to Sir Valence, him / Whose kinsman left him watcher o'er his wife / And two fair babes, and went to distant lands; / Was one year gone, and on returning found / Not two but three: there lay the reckling, one / But one hour old! What said the happy sire?"
- 2 A reckless person. archaic
Example
More examples"O ay, what say ye to Sir Valence, him / Whose kinsman left him watcher o'er his wife / And two fair babes, and went to distant lands; / Was one year gone, and on returning found / Not two but three: there lay the reckling, one / But one hour old! What said the happy sire?"
Etymology
From reck + -ling.
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