different between deceive vs foolhardy

English

Alternative forms

• deceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin d?cipi? (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from d?- (“from”) + capi? (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English besw?can.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??si?v/
• Hyphenation: de?ceive
• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)

1. (transitive) To trick or mislead.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceive

Related terms

• deception
• deceptive
• deceit

Translations

Further reading

• deceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?el??- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool +? hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fu?lh??di/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ful?h??di/
• Hyphenation: fool?har?dy

Adjective

foolhardy (comparative foolhardier or more foolhardy, superlative foolhardiest or most foolhardy)

1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.

Synonyms

• bold
• daring
• foolish
• irresponsible
• rash
• reckless

Derived terms

• foolhardice (obsolete)
• foolhardihood (obsolete)
• foolhardily
• foolhardiness

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

foolhardy

1. Alternative form of folehardy