Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adventurous"
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) 1.7 (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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