Hypertext Webster Gateway: "venturesome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a.
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger;
venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy
or act. -- {Ven"ture*some*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"ture*some*ness},
n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
venturesome
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}, {venturous}]
2: willing to try new things and take risks; "there is a new
venturesome spirit among young people today"
3: 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}, {venturous}]
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