The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F. p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also perillous.]
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Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds.
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Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.]
--Latimer.For I am perilous with knife in hand.
--Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. -- Per"il*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. (archaic form of perilous English)
Usage examples of "perillous".
And when they were all crept into the house, and we were all tied fast with halters at the dore, they began to chide with an old woman there, crooked with age, who had the government and rule of all the house, and said, How is it old witch, old trot, and strumpet, that thou sittest idley all day at home, and having no regard to our perillous labours, hast provided nothing for our suppers, but sittest eating and swilling thyself from morning till night?
For whylome he had bene a doughty Knight,As any one, that liued in his daies,And proued oft in many perillous fight,Of which he grace and glory wonne alwaies,And in all battels bore away the baies.