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venturous

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ven·tur·ous  (vnchr-s)
adj.
Venturesome.
ventur·ous·ly adv.
ventur·ous·ness n.
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Adj.1.venturousventurous - 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"
daring, venturesome, audacious
adventuresome, adventurous - willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"


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They were the more comradely men, the more venturous, the more individual.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
"Tell me, senor," Sancho went on to say, "those Julys or Augusts, and all those venturous knights that you say are now dead- where are they now?
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
These opinions being equally incontrovertible with those he had already pronounced, he went on to inform us that Jamaica rum, though unquestionably an agreeable spirit of great richness and flavour, had the drawback of remaining constantly present to the taste next day; and nobody being venturous enough to argue this point either, he increased in confidence and became yet more companionable and communicative.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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