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fool-hardy

fool-hardy is the alternative form of foolhardy.

Meaning of foolhardy

Adjective

foolhardy (comparative foolhardier or more foolhardy, superlative foolhardiest or most foolhardy)

  1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
    • The master's pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this fool-hardy boy had lost his mind.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 68

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Forms of fool-hardy

comparativemore fool-hardy
superlativemost fool-hardy

Questions about fool-hardy

What is fool-hardy the alternative form of?
Fool-hardy is the alternative form of foolhardy.

Words near fool-hardy in the dictionary

  1. fool's parsley
  2. fool's rack
  3. fool's spring
  4. fool's watercress
  5. fool's-parsley
  6. fool-hardy
  7. fool-hearted
  8. fool-heartedly
  9. fool-heartedness
  10. fool-saint
  11. fool-saints

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