† foolish-hardy, a. Obs.
= foolhardy.
| 1533 Frith Answ. to More L vij b, I can not be so folishe hardy as to condempne suche an infinite nombre for oure prelates pleasures. a 1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. i. vii. (1642) 15 So..foolish hardy as to take up armour. |
| absol. 1561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 15 The Lord Christ..restreyneth the foolishhardy. |
Hence
† ˈfoolish-ˈhardiness, foolhardiness.
| 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ccxvii. (1812) 670 Their valyauntnesse turneth to folyssh hardynes. 1578 Rich Allarme to Eng. I i b (marg.), Not valiaunce, but foolish hardinesse. |