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ventersome

ventersome

English

Adjective

ventersome (comparative more ventersome, superlative most ventersome)

  1. Obsolete spelling of venturesome [17th C.]
    • 1677, Richard Gilpin, Dæmonologia Sacra; or, A Treatise of Satan’s Temptations, part I, chapter xviii, page 155:
      Even as courage whetted on and enraged, makes a Man ventersome beyond the due bounds of prudence, or safety.