venturous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite disposed to venture or take risks
    audacious; daring; venturesome.
    • 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

WordNet

Ven"tur*ous adjective
Etymology
Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See Adventurous, Venture, n.
Definitions
  1. 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"tur*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"tur*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913