reinless

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adjective

Not having, or not governed by, reins.

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Meanings

adjectivereinless (comparative more reinless, superlative most reinless)

comparative more reinless · superlative most reinless

  1. Not having, or not governed by, reins.

    Lo! with reinless speed A black Tartarian horse of giant frame Comes trampling o’er the dead; the living bleed Beneath the hoofs of that tremendous steed, On which, like to an Angel, robed in white, Sate one waving a sword;—the hosts recede […]

    1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 268
  2. broadlyNot checked or restrained.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wanton

Origin

From rein + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

reinless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinless

MLA

“reinless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinless. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinless.

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