Found 2 items, similar to Venturous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: venturous
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Venturous
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.
[1913 Webster]
This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm
He plucked, he tasted. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] --
Ven"tur*ous*ly, adv. --
Ven"tur*ous*ness, n.
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