Risksome

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of risky.

    "The police are efficient, and the garrote not an institution, else it would be a risksome venture to mount these silent, dark stairways, with no other guide than the balusters and the recollection of the landing stages passed."

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risky

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"The police are efficient, and the garrote not an institution, else it would be a risksome venture to mount these silent, dark stairways, with no other guide than the balusters and the recollection of the landing stages passed."

Etymology

From risk + -some.

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