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2 definitions found 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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