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Definition of Foolhardy
1. Adjective. Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences. "A rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"
Similar to: Bold
Derivative terms: Foolhardiness, Head, Rashness, Recklessness
Definition of Foolhardy
1. a. Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.
Definition of Foolhardy
1. Adjective. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foolhardy
1. [adj -DIER, -DIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foolhardy
Literary usage of Foolhardy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1873)
"... team across the track of a railway iu a highway, is guilty of such reckless
and foolhardy misconduct, that no recovery can be had for the injury.24 19. ..."
2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"Catching the crafty in their craft, So that the counsel of the subtle becometh
foolhardy, 14. And in the daytime they fumble in darkness, And in the blaze ..."
3. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... from Lieutenant Weyprecht—From Tiumen to the Thames— Lecturing—Encouragement
of competition—The best kind of monopoly—A foolhardy expedition—" Eggshells ..."
4. In the Strange South Seas by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1908)
"A Fountain fifteen hundred Feet high—foolhardy Feat of a Guide—How the Tourists
were killed—A Maori Village—Soaping a Geyser—The End. RED roofs and white ..."
5. The Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers: Private and Public, Inland and by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1869)
"Rushing across a track when a train is approaching is foolhardy presumption.
§ 374. One cannot recover for an injury the result of heedlessness. § 376. ..."
6. Corea or Cho-Sen, the Land of the morning calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1895)
"THE KING MEETING THE CHINESE ENVOYS CHAPTER XVII The " King's procession "—Removing
houses—foolhardy people— Beaten to death—Cavalry ..."
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