Definitions for: Venturous


[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, dangerous, daring, hazardous, risky, unsafe, venturesome

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