Adjective

(en-adj)

Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded

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, year=1876 , author=Mark Twain , title=The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , chapter=6 citation , passage=The master’s pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this foolhardy boy had lost his mind.}}

* 2000 . Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country , p. 14:

In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland...

Adjective

(en adjective)

Insulting in manner or words.

Rude.

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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,!”

Cheeky.