Dictionary Definition
venturesomeness n : the trait of being
adventurous [syn: adventurousness]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The degree or quality of being venturesome.
- 1899: Joseph Conrad, Youth And Two Other Stories
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- Somebody must lead the way. I just showed that the thing could be done; but you men brought up to the use of steam cannot conceive the vast importance of my bit of venturesomeness to the Eastern trade of the time.
- 1899: Joseph Conrad, Youth And Two Other Stories
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