PERILOUS


Meaning of PERILOUS in English

adj. 1 full of risk; dangerous; hazardous. 2 exposed to imminent risk of destruction etc. perilously adv. perilousness n.

[ ME f. OF perillous f. L periculosus f. periculum: see PERIL ]

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