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foolhardy, a.|ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪ|
[a. OF. fol hardi, comb. of fol foolish, fool a. with hardi bold, hardy a.]
Daring without judgement, foolishly adventurous or bold, rashly venturesome.
a1225Ancr. R. 62 Nis heo to muche cang, oðer to fol⁓herdi. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 667 Þou were euer so fole hardy. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxx. 78 How dar ther ony man ben so fole hardy for to dampnen hym seluen. 1508Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. Wks. 104 Theyr fole⁓hardy Iugement. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ii. 153 A rasche, ferce, and fulehardie ȝoung man. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 302 He runs on boldly like a foolhardy Wit. 1796Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 244 If they really are so fool-hardy as to go to war to please the French. 1860Holland Miss Gilbert xxiv. 418 Do not be guilty of this foolhardy business again.
Hence ˈfoolˌhardily adv. Also ˈfoolˌhardihood, † foolhardiship = foolhardiness.
a1225Ancr. R. 182 Vor moni makeð hire sec þuruh hire fol herdischipe. 1382Wyclif 2 Sam. xviii. 13 If I hadde doon aȝens my soul foolhardili. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xix. iv. 127 Who..used foole-hardily to sallie forth and fight most courageously. 1837Southey in Q. Rev. LIX. 306 Two brothers had the foolhardihood to wait till midnight in the church-porch. 1879G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xix. 102, I would not foolhardily add to my many risks of blundering. |