Meaning of VENTURESOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'venchursum
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] willing to try new things and take risks; "there is a new venturesome spirit among young people today"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, dangerous, daring, hazardous, risky, unsafe, venturous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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