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venturous, a.|ˈvɛntjʊərəs, ˈvɛntʃərəs|
Also β. 6–7 venterous. γ. 6 ventrus, 6–7 ventrous, 6–8 vent'rous.
[Aphetic f. of adventurous a. after venture n. and v.]
1. Of persons, etc.: Disposed to venture upon or undertake something of a dangerous or risky nature; willing to take risks or incur danger; bold, daring, or enterprising in action or opinion; adventurous, venturesome. Also const. at, in, of, or with to and inf.
α1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. ⁋iii b, I waxed venturous, and like a confident fellowe amended my pase. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. ii. (1586) 63 b, I count those, which wil vndertake to speake of euerie matter, rather venturous than learned. 1675tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. iii. (ed. 3) 328 Skenk a Frieslander and Sir Roger Williams a Welshman, two venturous men. 1694Kettlewell Comp. Penitent 21 A most presumptuously venturous and daring Sinner. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 110 But I had no need to be venturous; for I had no Want of Food. 1800Wordsw. Brothers 275 Every corner Among these rocks, and every hollow place That venturous foot could reach. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. ii, I know I am but too apt to be venturous in action. 1853C. Brontë Villette xi, The directress was very prudent, but she could also be very venturous.
β1578T. N. tr. Conq. W. India Pref. p. ii, It is nowe approoved by the venterous travellour..Martin Frobisher. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 94 Thou art not..more venterous to challenge the combatte, then I valiant to aunswere the quarrell. 1601Holland Pliny II. 156 Some bold and venterous Empiricke, who made great boast of his deepe skill. 1629H. Burton Truth's Tri. 101 Taking vpon him (as he is very venterous) to answer an argument. a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) I. 256 The noble and venterous sparke, Phelim mc Tuhill Oneylle.
γ1596Nashe Saffron Walden 71 His ventrous manhood and valure. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart. C v b, All the Armie, ventrous, valorous, bold. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 249 Let a besieger of a City be too ventrous, and what perill ensueth. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 205 Those who at the Spear are bold And vent'rous. 1725Pope Odyss. iii. 89 Savage Pirates seek thro' seas unknown The lives of others, vent'rous of their own. 1747Francis tr. Horace, Odes (ed. 2) i. xxxi. 16 The golden Goblet let Him drain, Who vent'rous plows th' Atlantic Main.
b. absol. with the.
1583B. Melbancke Philotimus Ff ij, And nowe shalt thou trie it, that fortune most vsually fauoures the venterous. 1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. Wks. (Grosart) I. 35 The acts of the ventrous, and the praise of the vertuous.
c. Of things.
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Abies audax, a venterous shippe. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. Eden 27 But (sacred Pilot) thou canst safely steer My vent'rous Pinnasse to her wished Peer. 1634Bp. Reynolds Shieldes of Earth (1636) 41 Remember a Shield is a venturous weapon, a kind of suretie, which..receives the injuries which were intended to another. 1676Shadwell Virtuoso i. i, Those venturous blossoms, whose over-hasty obedience to the early spring does anticipate the proper season. 1705Watts in Sotheby's Sale Cat. 30 July (1902) 49 Accept of this first labor of the press, this ventrous Essay of Poesie in so Nice and censorious an Age. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 187 He..drives his venturous plough-share to the steep. 1804C. Smith Conversations, etc. I. 151 The first bud whose venturous head The Winter's lingering tempest braves. 1862Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 28 He who erst with venturous thumb Drew from its pie-y lair the solitary plum.
2. Of the nature of a venture; marked or characterized by, attended with, involving, hazard or risk; hazardous, risky.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) I. 114/1 Desperation,..which is wont in ventrous affaires to do much. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iii. ii. 75 It is venturous to set ones fortune vpon the brunt of one sole battell. 1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 22 The meer venturous and inconsiderate determining of youths to the profession of learning. 1709Prior Carm. Sec. 75 Bloody Wreaths in vent'rous Battels won. 1783Crabbe Village i. 117 The tost vessel..Which to their coast directs its vent'rous way. 1840F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. II. 186 Now but few seas are entirely free from the visits of ships occupied in this venturous service. 1862Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XXIII. 277 Twenty years ago the manufacture and sale of artificial manures partook more of the character of a venturous speculation.
b. Marked by, full of, adventures.
1813Scott Rokeby iii. ii, And well his venturous life had proved The lessons that his childhood loved.
3. Arising from, indicative of, a readiness to encounter hazard or risk; bold, daring.
1584Mirr. Mag. Epist., If their forfeats were wel knowen, I fere, thei do acts as ventrus. 1587Turberv. Trag. Tales 74 b, I thinke him such a one as dares Such ventrous parts to play. 1622Bacon Henry VII, 51 Meane men, who would make it their Master-piece of Credite and Fauour, to giue Venturous Counsels. a1661Fuller Worthies iii. (1662) 43 He was..knighted by the King for his venturous Activity. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. iii. 346 Bear with my ventrous and bold Approach. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxvii, There was something of romance in Jeanie's venturous resolution. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh viii. 349, I scarce marvel much you took it for a venturous piece of spite. 1877Bryant Sella 21 Her clear, calm eye Was bright with venturous spirit.
b. Of opinions, etc.: Daringly bold or original; going further than the evidence or facts appear to warrant.
1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 571 Contrarie then to this orthodoxall doctrine of the Fathers..are these ventrous and bold positions. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 57 One sentence of a ventrous edge, utter'd in the height of zeal. 1681Baxter Apol. Nonconf. Min. 5 Men's uncertain and venturous reports. 1830W. Taylor Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry I. 333 Lessing..was distinguished by the venturous originality of his opinions. 1837J. H. Newman Proph. Office Church, &c. 138 Nothing is gained to the intellect; rather, something is lost by this venturous claim. |
