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marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences“foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”“became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans — Macaulay”“a reckless driver”“a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”Synonyms: heady rash recklessOpposite timidSimilar bold

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Fool′har′dy adjective

Origin: OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.

Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. James Howell

Synonyms: Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54