venturous

English

Etymology

venture +‎ -ous

Adjective

venturous (comparative more venturous, superlative most venturous)

1. Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.
   • 1666, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim`s Progress‎^[1]:

     ...he shewed me a stately palace, and how the people were clad in gold that were in it; and how there came a venturous man and cut his way through the armed men that stood in the door to keep him out, and how he was bid to come in, and win eternal glory.

Related terms

• venture
• nothing ventured, nothing gained