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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adventurous \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous OF aventuros F. aventureux fr aventure. See {Adventure}, n.] 1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. --Milton. 2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts as an adventurous undertaking, deed, song. Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring; hazardous; venturesome. See {Rash}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adventurous adj : willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" [syn: {adventuresome}] [ant: {unadventurous}]
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