Adjective

(en adjective)

Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.

* 1816 , , The Antiquary—Volume II , ch. 1:

Such an opportunity can hardly again occur to an ancient and grey-haired man; and to see it lost by the madcap spleen of a hot-headed boy!

* 1919 , , The Desert of Wheat , ch. 18:

"But I am!" flashed the young man, as if he had been misunderstood.

"Listen. You're like all boys—hot-headed an' hasty. Let me talk a little," resumed Anderson.

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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...