An obsolete or archaic adjective meaning reckless or careless.
From Middle English, related to 'heed' but with an opposite or different meaning; this form has fallen out of use in modern English.
It's fascinating that English once had 'heedy' (reckless) as the opposite of what 'heedy' should logically mean—showing how word meanings can shift or how variants disappear from the language.
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