fool hardihood

[Eng. foolhardy; -hood.] fool-har-di-ly, *foole-har-di-ly, *fool-hard i-li, adv. [Eng. foolhardy; -ly.] In a foolhardy manner, with foolhardine . foôl-har-di-ne , *fool-har-di-ne e, *folehar-dy-ne e, s . [Eng. foolhardy ; -ne .] The quality of being foolhardy; foolish or mad rashne ; courage or daring without sense or judgment; reckle ne . 1882 *foôl-har-dize, *fool-har-dise, s. [Eng. fool , and Fr. hard i e e daring.] Foolhardine , reckle ne . foôl-har-dy, *fol-har-dy, *fol-her-di, *folehar-di, a . [Eng. fool , and hardy .] Daring with out sense or judgment; madly rash or reckle . "Open the door, secure, foolhardy king." Shakesp.: Richard II ., ii. 17. Crabb thus discriminates between foolhardy , adventurous , and rash : "The foolhardy expre es more than the adventurous ; and the adventurous than the rash. The foolhardy man ventures in defiance of consequences: the adventurous man ventures from a love of the arduous and the bold; the rash man ventures for want of thought: courage and boldne become fool hardihood when they lead a person to run a fruitle risk; an adventur ous spirit sometimes leads a man into unnece ary difficulties; but it is a nece ary accompaniment of greatne . There is not so much design, but there is more violence and impetuosity in rashne than in fool hardihood: the former is the consequence of an ardent temper which will admit of correction by the influence of the judgment; but the latter comprehends the perversion of both the will and the judgment." (Crabb: Eng.Synon . ) *fool-1-fy, v. t. [Eng. fool ; i connective; suff. -fy.] To make a fool of, to fool. foôl-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FOOL, v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of playing the fool. "Ah! there's no fooling with the Devil." Cowley: The Di embler. 2. The act of making a fool of a person. foôl-Ish, a. [Eng. fool; -ish.] 1. Void of sense or understanding; exhibiting folly; weak in intellect; acting without sense or judgment. 2. Characterized by or arising from folly or want of sense; stupid, silly, ridiculous, trifling, absurd. 3. Ridiculous, contemptible. For the difference between foolish and irra tional, see IRRATIONAL; for that between foolish and simple, see SIMPLE. foôl-Ish-ly, adv. [Eng. foolish; -ly.] 1. In a foolish manner; without understanding; stupidly. 2. Wickedly, sinfully. foot I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) The extremity of the leg below the ankle; the part of the leg which treads on the ground in standing or walking, and on which the body is supported. "And sche stode bihynde hise feet : and big an to moiste hise feet with teer is." - Wycliffe: Luke, ch. vii. (2) Anything which serves to support any body; as, the foot of a table. "Twenty pilers with so felee brasun feet."-Wyclife: Exodus xxvii. 10. (3) That part of an article of dre which receives the foot; as, the foot of a stocking. 2. Figuratively : (1) The lower part or base of anything. "At the foot of the hille mount Olympus."-Trevis a, iii. 65. (2) The bottom, end, or last of a series or row. "A trifling sum of misery New added to the foot of thy account." Dryden: Cleomenes , iv. 1. (3) The extremity or end; as, the foot of a bed. (4) The act of walking. "Antiochus departed, weening in his pride to make the land navigable, and the sea pa able by foot . "-2 Macca bees v. 21. *(5) Step, tread. "This man's son would, every foot and anon, be taking some of his companions into the orchard."- L'Estrange . *(6) A state or posture of action. "The number and variety of the ends on foot , with the secret nature of most things to which they relate."-Grew. *(7) State, condition, position, footing. "In specifying the word Ireland, it would seem to insinuate that we are not upon the same foot with our fellow-subjects in England." -Swift : Drapier's Letters. *(8) A scheme, plan, or settlement; basis, fundamental principles. "Upon this foot it will be impo ible for any church ever to secure the profe ion of any mysterious doctrine." -Water land: Works , ii. 301. (9) A state of incipient being; a start. [ To set on foot.] *(10) Par, level. "Were it not for this easy borrowing upon interest, men's nece ities would drew upon them a most sudden undoing, in that they would be forced to sell their means, be it lands or goods, far under foot ."-Bacon: E ays; Of Usury. (11) A very short distance. foôl-ish-ne , s. [Eng. foolish; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being foolish, or defi. ii. 4. cient in sense or understanding; stupidity. 2. A foolish practice or act; an absurdity. *foôl-large, a. & s. [Eng. fool ; -large . ] A. As adj .: Foolishly lavish or wasteful; spend- thrift. B. As subst.: A prodigal. *foôl-oc-ra-çỹ, s. [Eng. fool ; o connective, and Gr. krateō to rule.) The rule or government of fools. foôlş'-căp, s . & a. [Eng. fool , and cap .] A. As substantive : "He will not budge a foot. " -Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., *(12) A trip. "Harry, giving him a slight foot , laid him on the broad of his back."-H. Brooke : Fool of Quality , ii. 166. II. Technically : 1. Human Anat.: The foot consists of many bones-viz., seven bones of the tarsus (q. v.), five metatarsal bones, and the phalanges of the toes. E entially they are homologous with those of the hand. 2. Compar . Anat .: In such animals as insects and spiders the feet are the homologues of the corresponding part in man. In other cases the word is used vaguely. Thus, the foot of the Rotifer a is a lusks it is a ventral disc, . IMG:content-1872.png:[blocks in formation]