# foolhardy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfuːlhɑːdi/ · frequency rank #48,753

## Definitions
1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.

## Etymology
From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.

## Common misspellings (14)
`ffoolhardy`, `folhardy`, `folohardy`, `foohlardy`, `foolahrdy`, `foolhadry`, `foolharddy`, `foolhardyy`, `foolharrdy`, `foolharyd`, `foolhhardy`, `foolhrady`, `foollhardy`, `ofolhardy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/foolhardy