1.
[syn: adventurous, adventuresome]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
--Milton.
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2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;
requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an
adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
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Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;
hazardous; venturesome. See Rash.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adventurous
adj 1: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring
enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains
of an adventuresome economy" [syn: adventurous,
adventuresome] [ant: unadventurous]