"risksome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more risksome [comparative], most risksome [superlative]
Etymology: From risk + -some. Etymology templates: {{af|en|risk|-some}} risk + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} risksome (comparative more risksome, superlative most risksome)
  1. Characterised or marked by risk; risky
    Sense id: en-risksome-en-adj-rkxprjqL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "ref": "1885, George Alfred Henty, True to the Old Flag",
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          "ref": "1919, Papers by Command, volume 20, page 254",
          "text": "[…] inasmuch as the European-managed banks or the old class of moneylenders were generally averse to advance money to Swadeshi concerns except on the most approved securities or risksome conditions, he set himself, shortly after his return from England, to his promotion of his scheme to Indian banks.",
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          "ref": "1969, Jan Vlachos Westcott, The White Rose, page 268",
          "text": "Charles said, \"You shall have ships. The Seigneur de Gruthuyse shall arrange it.\" But he was thoughtful. Was it possible for Edward to succeed? Was the venture too risksome? […]",
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          "ref": "2015, Jeremiah Curtin, Seneca Indian Myths",
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