adventure
ad·ven·ture / adˈvenchər; əd-/ • n. an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity: her recent adventures in Italy. ∎ daring and exciting activity calling for enterprise and enthusiasm: she traveled the world in search of adventure. ∎ archaic a commercial speculation.• v. [intr.] dated engage in hazardous and exciting activity, esp. the exploration of unknown territory. ∎ [tr.] dated put (something, esp. money or one's life) at risk: he adventured $3,000 in the purchase of land.
More From encyclopedia.com
Adventurer , Skip to main content
adventurer
adventurer •Altamira, chimera, clearer, Elvira, era, hearer, Hera, hetaera, interferer, lempira, lira, lire, Madeira,… magnesia , magnesia •Asher, clasher, Falasha, flasher, lasher, masher, Natasha, pasha, rasher, Sasha, slasher, smasher, thrasher •haberdasher • gatecrasher • Ma… Merchant Adventurers , MERCHANT ADVENTURERS. The term "merchant adventurer" had been applied to merchants since the early fifteenth century. While it originally referred to… Giovanni Giacomo Casanova De Seingalt , Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Giacomo (1725–98) Italian libertine and adventurer. From 1750 he travelled through Europe leading a dissolute existenc… thresher , thresher •Asher, clasher, Falasha, flasher, lasher, masher, Natasha, pasha, rasher, Sasha, slasher, smasher, thrasher •haberdasher • gatecrasher • Ma… Zorro , Zorro
Zorro, the sword-wielding, black-clad avenger, is one of the most influential fictional characters of twentieth century literature. By day he w…
About this article
adventure
All Sources -
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
adventure