foolhardy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
    rash; heady; reckless.
    • foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
    • became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay
    • a reckless driver
    • a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest

WordNet

Fool"har`dy adjective
Etymology
OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.
Definitions
  1. Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.

Webster 1913