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venturesome
English
Alternative forms
- ventersome [17th century]
Etymology
venture +? -some
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?ntj??(?)s?m/, /?v?nt???(?)s?m/
Adjective
venturesome (comparative more venturesome, superlative most venturesome)
- Bold; willing to take risks; adventurous.
- Potentially hazardous; risky.
Synonyms
- daring
Antonyms
- cautious
- timid
Derived terms
- venturesomely
- venturesomeness
Translations
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precarious
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???k???i.?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???k??i.?s/
- Rhymes: -???i?s
- Hyphenation: pre?ca?ri?ous
Etymology 1
From Latin prec?rius (“begged for, obtained by entreaty”), from prex, precis (“prayer”). Compare French précaire, Portuguese precário, and Spanish and Italian precario.
Adjective
precarious (comparative more precarious, superlative most precarious)
- (comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
- (law) Depending on the intention of another.
Usage notes
Because the pre- element of precarious derives from prex and not the preposition prae, this term cannot — etymologically speaking — be written as *præcarious.
Quotations
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang, part I, ch III,
- Never had he been so fond of this body of his as now when his tenure of it was so precarious.
Synonyms
- (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): unsteady, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly
Derived terms
Related terms
- pray
Translations
Further reading
- precarious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- precarious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Precarious in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Etymology 2
pre- + carious
Adjective
precarious (not comparable)
- (dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.
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