foolhardy

Meaning

Adj

Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.

Noun

A person who is foolhardy.

Synonyms

reckless

rash

impetuous

courageous

crazy

daredevil

adventurous

bold

brave

headlong

heady

impulsive

temerarious

venturesome

wild

irreflexive

headstrong

venturous

heedless

hot-headed

desperate

hot-spirited

mad

presumptuous

breakneck

audacious

stupid

wildcat

devil-may-care

fearless

foolish

hardy

hasty

hazardous

Hyphenated as

fool‧har‧dy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfuːlhɑːdi/

Etymology

From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.