adventurous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ADVENT'UROUS, adjective 1. Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; courageous; enterprizing; applied to persons. 2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage' applied to things; as, an adventurous undertaking. And followed freedom on the adventurous tide.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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