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• fool´har´di|ly — fool|har|dy «FOOL HAHR dee», adjective, di|er, di|est. foolishly bold; rash: »The man made a foolhardy attempt to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. SYNONYM(S): reckless. –fool´har´di|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• fool|har|dy — «FOOL HAHR dee», adjective, di|er, di|est. foolishly bold; rash: »The man made a foolhardy attempt to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. SYNONYM(S): reckless. –fool´har´di|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• fool´har´di|ness — fool|har|dy «FOOL HAHR dee», adjective, di|er, di|est. foolishly bold; rash: »The man made a foolhardy attempt to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. SYNONYM(S): reckless. –fool´har´di|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• fool|har|di|hood — «FOOL HAHR dee hud», noun. foolish boldness; rashness …   Useful english dictionary

• Guru Har Gobind — ( pa. ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ) also Sacha Padshah (ਸੱਚਾ ਪਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ True King) (1595 ndash;1644) was the sixth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 25 May,1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev. He was not, perhaps, more …   Wikipedia

• foolhardy — fool•har•dy [[t]ˈfulˌhɑr di[/t]] adj. di•er, di•est recklessly or thoughtlessly bold • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME folhardy < OF fol hardi. See fool I, hardy fool′har di•ly, adv. fool′har di•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

• foolhardy — fool|har|dy [ ful,hardi ] adjective ignoring obvious dangers in a stupid way: RECKLESS: It was foolhardy to get involved in the first place. ╾ fool|har|di|ness noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• foolhardy — fool|har|dy [ˈfu:lha:di US a:r ] adj taking stupid and unnecessary risks = ↑reckless ▪ a foolhardy attempt to capture more territory >foolhardiness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Foolhardise — Fool har dise, n. [Fool, F. fol, fou + F. hardiesse boldness.] Foolhardiness. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Foolhardy — Fool har dy, a. [OF. folhardi. See {Fool} idiot, and {Hardy}.] Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn: Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See {Rash}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English