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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolhardy \Fool"har`dy\, a. [OF. folhardi See {Fool} idiot, and
{Hardy}.]
Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.
--Howell.
Syn: Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless;
headlong; incautious. See {Rash}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
foolhardy
adj : marked by unthinking boldness; with 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 the World Trade
Center" [syn: {rash}, {reckless}]
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