VENTUROUS

Ven″tur‐ous (?), a. [[Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See Adventurous, Venture, n.]] Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adventurous; 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.