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venturesome

ven·tu·re·some

UK/ˈvɛntjʊə(ɹ)səm/ US/ˈvɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)səm/ uncommon archaic

adjective

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”
2.

willing to try new things and take risks

  • “there is a new venturesome spirit among young people today”
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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”

Origin

From venture + -some.

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