gamblesomeadj.
/ˈɡambls(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡæmbəlsəm/ Now somewhat rare.
That enjoys or has a predilection for gambling or, more generally, taking risks; that likes a bet.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [adjective] > gaming
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gamblesome1874
1874 [see gamblesomeness n. at Derivatives].
1878 Helena (Montana) Independent 3 Nov. The gamblesome one thought deeply for a time, consumed half his punch and made reply.
1884 Daily News 24 July 5/1 The whole country was then a very gamblesome country, and a match at cricket for love..would have been derided.
1916 J. H. McClintock Arizona II. xxxii. 389 Some gamblesome group of individuals in the town wherein the prospector made his headquarters.
2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 18 Sri Lanka are available at 2/9 to win the Test cricket series and Spain were at 9/5 to beat England. A double unlikely to tempt even the most gamblesome Scot.
Derivatives
ˈgamblesomeness n. predilection for gambling or, more generally, taking risks.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gaming > fondness for
gamblesomeness1874
1874 Every Sat. 28 Feb. 247/1 French gamblesomeness, however, is not so dead within him but that the Duke loves to risk now and then all the pocket-money he has about him.
1881 Sat. Rev. 1 Jan. 14 Relying perhaps..on the natural gamblesomeness of the French.
2003 R. Ducornet Gazelle (2004) ii. 23 If Father was ruled by gamblesomeness, I think of this now, Mother was game.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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