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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

aventurous

aunterous

, OF.

aventuros

, F.

aventureux

, fr.

aventure

. See

Noun.

]

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; – applied to persons.

Bold deed thou hast presumed,

adventurous

Eve.

Milton.

Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; – applied to acts;

as, an

adventurous

undertaking, deed, song

Syn. – Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring; hazardous; venturesome. See

, a.

Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; courageous; enterprizing; applied to persons.

Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage' applied to things; as, an adventurous undertaking.

And followed freedom on the adventurous tide.