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Meaning of reckling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɹɛklɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A weak child or animal.
    archaic
  2. A reckless person.
    archaic

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?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Reckner Reckon Reckoned Reckoner Reckoners Reckoning

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