unrecking en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + recking.
Meanings
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(archaic) heedless
Look! see yonder Turkish cheeks of spotted tawn—living, breathing pictures painted by the sun. The Pagan leopards—the unrecking and unworshipping things, that live; and seek, and give no reasons for the torrid life they feel!
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 36”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unrecking | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unrecking | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |