[Ads-l] foolhearted

[Laurence Horn]

A bit earlier to attest than “foolhearted” is “foolhearty”.  It’s in the database, as is hardy > hearty itself: https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/560/hearty/

> On Jun 30, 2019, at 4:45 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> Aisha Moodie-Mills, Advisor for LGBT Policy & Racial Justice at the Center
>> for American Progress, on CNN:
>> 
>> "And so, getting distracted byt hese sidebars about the color of someone's
>> skin and what that means about how they're going to represent America, is
>> kind of foolhearted. And I think that it's kind of playing into the
>> opposition's strategy."
> 
> The OED does not list "foolhearted". Of course, it has many citations
> for "foolhardy".
> 
> Merriam-Webster does have a pertinent entry:
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foolhearted
> [Begin excerpt]
> foolhearted adjective
> : having the heart of a fool : FOOLISH
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Wikitionary has an entry, but the citation section is empty.
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fool-hearted
> 
> Here is a citation in 1844. I only glanced at the 1800s in Google
> Books, so I am sure this can be antedated.
> 
> Year: 1844
> Title: Noah: or, Church and Crown; a Politico-Religious Poem in Four Books
> Quote Page 132
> https://books.google.com/books?id=swhgAAAAcAAJ&q=%22fool-hearted%22#v=snippet&
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> “Hold, hold! fool-hearted woman!” Odin cries,
> If Noah's slain, then I shall be a king!—
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Garson
> 
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