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    Is there a difference between adventuresome and adventurous?

    Question #121087. Asked by serpa. (Apr 15 11 8:54 AM)


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    		My Merriam-Webster's and Burchfield both suggest that adventuresome and venturous are the two words in greatest currency. And it's true that whatever distinction there is among these words is often blurred. "Adventurous," according to Merriam-Webster's is more likely to suggest an imprudent willingness to undertake great risk, whereas "adventuresome" and "venturous" could describe, say, the American pioneers, who undertook risks but were not considered foolhardy (except by the stay-at-home folks they left behind).

    http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs3/grammarlogs496.htm

    Apr 15 11, 5:15 PM

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