It made the king as reckless as them diligent.
Sir P. Sidney.
Syn. -- Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent;
indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash.
-- Reck"less*ly, adv. -- Reck"less*ness, n.
Reck"ling (-lng), a. Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child.
H. Taylor. -- n. A weak child or animal. Tennyson.
Reck"on (rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen
to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhann (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E.
reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring
together, count together. See Reck, v. t.]