Ven"tur*ous (?), a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See Adventurous, Venture, n.]

Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; 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.

 

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