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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE aventurous. See
{Adventurous}, {Venture}, n.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
venturous
adj 1: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport";
"extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a
venturesome journey in wintertime"; "a venturous
enterprise" [syn: {hazardous}, {risky}, {venturesome}]
2: 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" [syn: {audacious}, {daring}, {venturesome}]
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