venturous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: venturous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for venturous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venturous adj 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" Synonym(s): audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venturous \Ven"turous\, 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. -- {Ven"turously}, adv. -- {Ven"turousness}, n.