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单词 foolhardiness
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foolhardinessn.

Brit. /ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfulˌ(h)ɑrdinᵻs/
Forms: Middle English ffooleherdynesse, Middle English folehardynes, Middle English folehardynesse, Middle English folhardynes, Middle English foolehardynys, Middle English foolhardynesse, Middle English foulehardinesse, Middle English foulehardynes, Middle English foulhardines, Middle English fullhardinesse, Middle English 1600s foolhardinesse, Middle English 1600s– foolhardiness, 1500s folehardenesse, 1500s folehardines, 1500s foolehardynes, 1500s foolehardynesse, 1500s–1600s foolehardiness, 1500s–1700s foolehardinesse, 1600s foolhardines; also Scottish pre-1700 folehardines, pre-1700 fuilhardines, pre-1700 fulehardines, pre-1700 fulehardynesse, pre-1700 fullhardines, pre-1700 fuylhardynes.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foolhardy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < foolhardy adj. + -ness suffix. Compare slightly earlier hardiness n.
The quality or condition of being foolhardy; reckless daring.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > foolhardiness
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foolhardimentc1450
foolhardicec1475
foolish hardiness1521
foolhardihood1798
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. xix. 86 By rabissch foul hardines he takeþ more vppon hym þat [read þan] he may do.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1669 (MED) Þe worþi Grekis for to putte in blam..of foule hardynes.
a1450 (?1419–20) Friar Daw's Reply (Digby) l. 186 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 78 By woodnesse & foolhardinesse for heresie to dien.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxiv. §7. 89 My iolifte and fole hardynes.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 33517 Full hardines..Cumis alway of ill considderance.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 377 The fear of men..doth involve the wildest boldness, and most rash fool-hardiness in the world.
1792 World 14 Sept. Owing to the foolhardiness of the seamen, who..insisted on keeping the whole of her canvas out, she was suddenly upset in a gust of wind.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 176 To be willing to make such changes too frequently..is foolhardiness.
1967 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 38 458 A young assistant professor..had the courage or the foolhardiness to tell his department that he had no interest in publishing and would not publish.
2015 Daily Guide (Ghana) (Nexis) 7 Sept. Some [mistakes] are due to ignorance, while others are due to sheer foolhardiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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