Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See
Adventurous, Venture, n.]
Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adventurous; as,
a venturous soldier. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm
He plucked, he tasted. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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