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foolhardice

foolhardice noun: foolhardiness.

Noun

foolhardice (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Foolhardiness.
    • Fly therefore, fly this fearefull stead anon, / Least thy foolhardize worke thy sad confusion.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of foolhardice

alternative formfoolhardise
alternative formfoolhardize

Origin of foolhardice

From foolhardy, with suffix modelled on cowardice.

Questions about foolhardice

What does foolhardice mean?
Foolhardice means foolhardiness.
What part of speech is foolhardice?
Foolhardice is a noun.

Words near foolhardice in the dictionary

  1. foolesses
  2. foolest
  3. fooleth
  4. foolfish
  5. foolfishes
  6. foolhardice
  7. foolhardier
  8. foolhardies
  9. foolhardiest
  10. foolhardihood
  11. foolhardily

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