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venturous |
2 definitions found 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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