Adventurous
/ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
"The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile."
- 2 Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
"take an adventurous viewpoint"
Adjective
- 1 willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises wordnet
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More examples"In private, Kobayashi-san told me he liked his women "adventurous." What he calls an adventure I hope to never know."
Etymology
From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.