2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
ADVENTURESOME
Ad*ven"ture*some, a.
Defn: Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
— Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
ADVENTURESS
Ad*ven"tur*ess, n.
Defn: A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
ADVENTUROUS
Ad*ven"tur*ous, a. Etym: [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros,
F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; — applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.
2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; — applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Syn. — Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring; hazardous; venturesome. See Rash.
ADVENTUROUSLY
Ad*ven"tur*ous*ly, adv.