foolhardiness

noun

: the quality or state of being foolhardy

courage … the mean between foolhardiness and cowardice

—G. L. Dickinson

Word History

Etymology

Middle English folhardinesse, from folhardy + -nesse -ness

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Rhymes for foolhardiness

• hardiness
• tardiness