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| 1. | inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures. |
| 2. | full of risk; requiring courage; hazardous: an adventurous undertaking. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME < MF
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ad·ven·tur·ous·ly, adverb
ad·ven·tur·ous·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. bold, daring, venturous, venturesome.
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adj.
ad·ven'tur·ous·ly adv., ad·ven'tur·ous·ness n. Synonyms: These adjectives mean inclined to undertake risks: adventurous pioneers; an adventuresome prospector; an audacious explorer; a daredevil test pilot; daring acrobats; a venturesome investor. |
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| adventurous | |
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| willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" [ant: unadventurous] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
adˈventurous adjective
liking or eager for adventure(s)
See also: adventurer, adventure
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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