adventuresomeadj.
/ədˈvɛn(t)ʃəs(ə)m/, U.S. /ədˈvɛn(t)ʃərsəm/ Adventurous, daring; given to taking risks.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [adjective]
keenc897
dearOE
bolda1000
hardyc1225
yepec1275
crousea1400
jeopardousa1513
audacious1550
facing1564
venturous1565
daring1582
daring-hardy1597
audaculous1603
dareful1614
adventuresome1628
outdacious1742
risky1826
plucky1835
plucked1846
racy1901
have-a-go1953
philobatic1955
Boy's Own1967
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > prone to incur risk or venturesome
adventuringc1440
adventurousc1475
adventuresome1628
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > [adjective]
adventurousc1475
temeratc1560
venturous1576
dangerous1611
adventuresome1628
ventorious1640
venturesome1677
daresome1854
furthersome1862
dare-all1902
1628 J. Hume Jewes Deliv. i. 8 Hee must not be..like Ahab, too aduenturesome and forward.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. i. viii. 45 Where now are all those..adventuresome knights who died so long ago?
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 6 Adventuresome, I send My herald thought into a wilderness.
1865 Reader No. 151. 574/1 The most adventuresome if not foolhardy feat.
1952 Sci. News Let. 29 Mar. 199/1 Adventuresome tourists may some day plan to rocket their way to the moon.
1998 E. Danticat Farming of Bones xvi. 91 Papi was more adventuresome then. He took me hunting for birds and taught me to shoot a rifle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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