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foolhardy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
foolhardy/ˈfuːlhɑːdi/

▶adjective (foolhardier, foolhardiest) recklessly bold or rash.

– derivatives
foolhardily adverb,
foolhardiness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. folhardi, from fol ‘foolish’ + hardi (see hardy).

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