ADVENTURIST

PRONUNCIATION: (ad-VEN-chuh-rist) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: noun: One who pursues reckless ventures, especially in politics, warfare, foreign affairs, or business, disregarding established principles and norms.

ETYMOLOGY: From adventure, from Old French aventure, from Latin adventurus (about to happen), from advenire (arrive), from ad- (to) + venire (come). Earliest documented use: 1815.
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BAD-VENTURIST - a fund manager specializing in making poor investments (also see MAD-VENURIST)

ADVENTOURIST - a visitor making a pilgrimage from Bethlehem to Nazareth starting in early December

AVENTURIST - one who sells corn and corn products to the unsuspecting because of (unverified) mystical power rom its use or consumption