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Webster 1913 Edition
Perilous
Per′il-ous
,Adj.
[Written also
perillous
.] 1.
Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous;
as, a
. perilous
undertakingInfamous hills, and sandy,
perilous
wilds. Milton.
2.
Daring; reckless; dangerous.
[Obs.]
Latimer.
For I am
– perilous
with knife in hand. Chaucer.
Per′il-ous-ly
, adv.
Per′il-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perilous
PER'ILOUS
,Adj.
1.
Vulgarly used for very, like mighty; as perilous shrewd.2.
Smart; witty; as a perilous [parlous boy.][Vulgar and obsolete.]
Definition 2024
perilous
perilous
English
Adjective
perilous (comparative more perilous, superlative most perilous)
Related terms
Translations
dangerous, full of peril
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