foolhardy
Meanings
Plural: foolhardies
Adjective Satellite
- marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; ; -Macaulay
- "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"
Adj
- Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
Noun
- A person who is foolhardy.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 19
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Words With Friends Score: 18
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