venturesomeness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English venturesome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English venturesomeness From venturesome + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The degree or quality of being venturesome.
Somebody must lead the way. I just showed that the thing could be done; but you men brought up to the use of steam cannot conceive the vast importance of my bit of venturesomeness to the Eastern trade of the time.
1899, Joseph Conrad, Youth And Two Other Stories: