Associations to the word «Foolhardy»

Wiktionary

FOOLHARDY, adjective. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded

Dictionary definition

FOOLHARDY, adjective. Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.