adventuresome

[ad-ven-cher-suhm]

adjective

1. bold; daring; adventurous.

Other Word Forms

• adventuresomely adverb
• adventuresomeness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adventuresome¹

First recorded in 1725–35; adventure + -some ¹

Example Sentences

But an adventuresome — and touchingly personal — spirit remains key to its work.

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In “Riddle of Fire,” Weston Razooli’s too-fanciful-for-words debut feature, three adventuresome children set off on a mythic quest for a speckled egg.

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Sierra Club founder John Muir, arguably the most adventuresome mountaineer in California history, probably never imagined a satellite-messaging device, and he died of old age in a Los Angeles hospital bed.

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Thankfully, he respects my less adventuresome spirit when it comes to the water, so our adventures are usually only as wild as jumping in the boat to go to dinner.

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We’ll have to see him work back up to his adventuresome self.

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