"risksome" meaning in English

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Adjective

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
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          "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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