foolhardy
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foolhardy
- /ˈfuːlhɑːdi/ UK
- /ˈfulˌhɑɹdi/ US
Where it 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.
adjective foolhardier · more foolhardy · foolhardiest · most foolhardy · fool-hardy
noun foolhardies · fool-hardy
- A person who is foolhardy. Resentful of the saddle-fast stranger, eight foolhardies return for more adventure.
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adj marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger
| Español | temerario |
|---|---|
| Français | tête brûlée |
| Deutsch | töricht, tollkühn, vermessen, verwegen, ungestüm, hitzköpfig |
| Italiano | avventato, spericolato, imprudente, dissennato |
| Русский | безрассу́дно хра́брый bezrassúdno xrábryj, необду́манно сме́лый neobdúmanno smélyj, бесшабашный besšabašnyj |
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