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Nov 3, 2026
This week’s themeWords to describe people This week’s words adventurist
The Raft of the Medusa, 1819
Art: Théodore Géricault Wordsmith Games
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with Anu Gargadventurist
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.
USAGE:
“They are dealing with an adventurist with a penchant for acts of folly.” Ehud Ya’ari; Bad Risk; The Jerusalem Report (Israel); Oct 30, 1997. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will
not always conform to our whim. -James Reston, journalist (3 Nov 1909-1995)
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