The Collaborative International Dictionary
Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See
Adventurous, Venture, n.]
Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a
venturous soldier.
--Spenser.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"daring, bold, hardy," 1560s, shortened form of adventurous, influenced by venture.
Wiktionary
a. adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.
WordNet
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" [syn: hazardous, risky, venturesome]
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]
Wikipedia
Venturous may refer to:
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, a British destroyer launched in 1917 which served during World War I and was sold in 1936 for scrapping
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, a United States Coast Guard Cutter commissioned in 1968
Usage examples of "venturous".
Sometimes even, the road was strewed with the members of the venturous chamois, whose sure foot had failed among the snows.