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microadventure

noun

Etymology

From micro- + adventure, popularized by Alastair Humphreys.

  1. derived from adventūrus
  2. derived from *adventūra✻
  3. derived from aventure
  4. inherited from aventure
  5. formed as microadventure — “micro- + adventure”

Definitions

  1. A short adventure, typically sought on a weekend.

    • So how do you train yourself to find awe? One answer may be microadventures. A microadventure is exactly what it sounds like: a short, simple, cheap, local version of an adventure.
    • In 2011, amid struggles to secure funding for an Antarctic expedition, [Alastair] Humphreys started blogging about “microadventures”: inclusive, easy-to-emulate escapades like “sleeping outdoors” or “foraging for a meal”.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microadventure. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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