Venturous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Ven"tur*ous*ly}, adv. --
     {Ven"tur*ous*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]