ˈfoolˌhardiness
[f. foolhardy + -ness.]
The quality of being foolhardy.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxiv. 7 My iolifte & fole⁓hardynes. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 55 By woodnesse and foolhardinesse for heresie to dien. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 440 Full hardines..Cumis alway of ill considderance. a 1677 Barrow Wks. (1686) III. xxxiv. 377 The fear of men..doth involve the wildest boldness, and most rash fool⁓hardiness in the world. 1874 Morley Compromise (1886) 229 To be willing to make such changes too frequently..is foolhardiness. |