Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FOOLHARDIER
FOOLHARDY
foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
(adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”; “became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”-Macaulay; “a reckless driver”; “a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
foolhardier
comparative form of foolhardy
Source: Wiktionary
FOOLHARDY
Fool"har`dy, a. Etym: [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.]
Definition: Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.
Syn.
– Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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