reckling

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From reck +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛklɪŋ/

Noun

reckling (plural recklings)

  1. (archaic) A weak child or animal.
    • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 130:
      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?
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  2. (archaic) A reckless person.

References

  1. ^ “reckling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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