adventurous

adj
/ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/US

Etymology

From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.

  1. derived from aventuros
  2. inherited from aventurous

Definitions

  1. Inclined to adventure

    Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.

    • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
  2. Full of risks

    Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.

    • take an adventurous viewpoint

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at adventurous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at adventurous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at adventurous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA