c. 1200, auenture "that which happens by chance, fortune, luck," from Old French aventure (11c.) "chance, accident, occurrence, event, happening," from Latin adventura (res) "(a thing) about to happen," from adventurus, future participle of advenire "to come to, reach, arrive at," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + venire "to come" (see venue).
Meaning developed through "risk/danger" (a trial of one's chances), c. 1300, and "perilous undertaking" (late 14c.) and thence to "a novel or exciting incident" (1560s). Earlier it also meant "a wonder, a miracle; accounts of marvelous things" (13c.). The -d- was restored 15c.-16c. Venture is a 15c. variant.
Richard, 'adventure' is not an English word, and its meaning is not what the proposed dictionary says it is.
It may be a minor point to you, but semantics and etymology are major areas of study within the discipline of Linguistics.
No part of 'adventure' should include any mention of death, because that would make adventure a synonym for life.
Greg
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 7:59 PM, <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:
My apologies for tossing around definitions. I was trying to find some way to clearly state my concept of the word "adventure" which is why I quoted from The American Heritage Dictionary.I am hoping that one of the sources I supplied is more acceptable than The American Heritage Dictionary.I'm afraid you are searching in vain, Tom. Mr. Chalik simply does not wish to understand. Because if he admitted to such understanding, that would undermine his position that a "certain death" misjump can't become a legitmate adventure.I also suspect that Mr. Chalik genuinely has difficulty comprehending written English, since he consistently (not just in this conversation but in others as well) seizes upon minor points and ignores major ones.--
Richard Aiken
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