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foolhardiness

/ˈfulˌhɑɹ.di.nəs/

foolhardiness noun: the quality of being foolhardy.

Noun

foolhardiness (usually uncountable, plural foolhardinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being foolhardy.

foolhardiness meaning in Tamil

foolhardiness in Tamil

குண்டு தைரியம்

Forms of foolhardiness

pluralfoolhardinesses

Origin of foolhardiness

From Middle English foolhardynesse; equivalent to foolhardy + -ness.

Questions about foolhardiness

What does foolhardiness mean?
Foolhardiness means the quality of being foolhardy.
What is foolhardiness in Tamil?
Foolhardiness in Tamil is குண்டு தைரியம். See Foolhardiness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is foolhardiness?
Foolhardiness is a noun.
How do you pronounce foolhardiness?
Foolhardiness is pronounced /ˈfulˌhɑɹ.di.nəs/ (US).
What is the plural of foolhardiness?
The plural of foolhardiness is foolhardinesses.

Words near foolhardiness in the dictionary

  1. foolhardier
  2. foolhardies
  3. foolhardiest
  4. foolhardihood
  5. foolhardily
  6. foolhardiness
  7. foolhardinesses
  8. foolhardise
  9. foolhardy
  10. foolheaded
  11. foolheadedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foolhardiness (page history and authors); foolhardiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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