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VENTUROUS
audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous
(adjective) disposed to venture or take risks; “audacious visions of the total conquest of space”; “an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas”; “the most daring of contemporary fiction writers”; “a venturesome investor”; “a venturous spirit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
venturous (comparative more venturous, superlative most venturous)
Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.
Source: Wiktionary
Ven"tur*ous, a. Etym: [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See Adventurous, Venture, n.]
Definition: Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. Spenser. This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. Milton.
– Ven"tur*ous*ly, adv.
– Ven"tur*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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