† coll-hardy, a. Obs. rare.
[Perhaps f. coll n.3 though the dupe or simpleton is not exactly the type of the ‘hardy’ fool.]
Foolhardy, foolishly rash.
1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 20 b, Away with this arrogancie: be no more so collhardy [Lat. ferociam comprime], and write hereafter more advisedly. |