adventurous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
    adventuresome.
    • adventurous pioneers
    • the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy

WordNet

Ad*ven"tur*ous adjective
Etymology
OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. 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 Rash.

Webster 1913