entrepreneurial

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English entrepreneur Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English entrepreneurial From entrepreneur + -ial.

1. Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising.

   “Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.”

   “It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair.”