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Fraught with danger
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parlous
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parlous \Par"lous\, a. [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.] Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic] ``A parlous snuffing.'' --Beau. & Fl. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] ``A parlous boy.'' --Shak. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery" [syn: perilous ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Attended with peril; dangerous; risky. 2 dire, terrible, appalling. 3 (context obsolete English) Dangerously clever or cunning. adv. (context archaic English) Very, extremely.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., late Middle English contraction of perilous .
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Word definitions in Wikipedia