Dictionary entry

Venturous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.