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Foolhardy

FOOLH'ARDY

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[fool and hardy.] Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold.

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foolhardy

foolhardy

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foolhardy (comparative foolhardier or more foolhardy, superlative foolhardiest or most foolhardy)

  1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
    • 1876, Mark Twain, chapter 6, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
      The master’s pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this foolhardy boy had lost his mind.
    • 2000. Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, p. 14:
      In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland...

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