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foolhardy.

Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfuːlhɑːdi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfulˌhɑɹdi/General-American

  1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.

noun/ˈfuːlhɑːdi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfulˌhɑɹdi/General-American

  1. A person who is foolhardy.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.

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