Meanings
nounfoolhardice (uncountable)
alternative foolhardise · alternative foolhardize
- obsoleteuncountableFoolhardiness.
Fly therefore, fly this fearefull stead anon, / Least thy foolhardize worke thy sad confusion.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Origin
From foolhardy, with suffix modelled on cowardice.
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APA
foolhardice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foolhardice
MLA
“foolhardice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foolhardice. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foolhardice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foolhardice.
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