kah-mi-KAH-zee
Someone who behaves in a
reckless, self-destructive manner.
From Japanese kamikaze (divine
wind), from kami (god, divinity) + kaze (wind). Earliest documented use: 1896.
In Japanese folklore, kamikaze
was the divine wind that destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet under Kublai Khan.
In World War II, the kamikaze were suicidal attacks by Japanese pilots who
crashed their planes on an enemy target such as a ship.
