单词 | foolhardiness |
释义 | foolhardinessn. The quality or condition of being foolhardy; reckless daring. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > foolhardiness foolhardishipa1250 foolhardinessa1398 foolhardimentc1450 foolhardicec1475 foolish hardiness1521 foolhardihood1798 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. xix. 86 By rabissch foul hardines he takeþ more vppon hym þat [read þan] he may do. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1669 (MED) Þe worþi Grekis for to putte in blam..of foule hardynes. a1450 (?1419–20) Friar Daw's Reply (Digby) l. 186 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 78 By woodnesse & foolhardinesse for heresie to dien. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxiv. §7. 89 My iolifte and fole hardynes. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 33517 Full hardines..Cumis alway of ill considderance. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 377 The fear of men..doth involve the wildest boldness, and most rash fool-hardiness in the world. 1792 World 14 Sept. Owing to the foolhardiness of the seamen, who..insisted on keeping the whole of her canvas out, she was suddenly upset in a gust of wind. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 176 To be willing to make such changes too frequently..is foolhardiness. 1967 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 38 458 A young assistant professor..had the courage or the foolhardiness to tell his department that he had no interest in publishing and would not publish. 2015 Daily Guide (Ghana) (Nexis) 7 Sept. Some [mistakes] are due to ignorance, while others are due to sheer foolhardiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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