SIEGE PERILOUS

Meaning of SIEGE PERILOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 15th century

: a seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight destined to achieve the quest of the Holy Grail and fatal to any other occupying it

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SIEGE PERILOUS — noun Date: 15th century a seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight destined to achieve the quest …
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SIEGE PERILOUS — Arthurian Romance. a vacant seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the predestined finder of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIEGE PERILOUS — Function: noun Date: 15th century : a seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight destined to achieve …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SIEGE PERILOUS — [Siege Perilous] n: a seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight destined to achieve the quest of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIEGE PERILOUS — [Arthurian] In the Arthurian Romances, a seat at the Round Table that was kept vacant for him who should accomplish …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
SIEGE PERILOUS — (литературоведение) "гибельное седалище" (пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIEGE PERILOUS — (литературоведение) "гибельное седалище" (пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIEGE PERILOUS — лит. «гибельное седалище» ( пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIEGE PERILOUS — лит. «гибельное седалище» ( пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SIEGE PERILOUS — лит. «гибельное седалище» ( пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других …
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SIEGE PERILOUS — (литературоведение) "гибельное седалище" (пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIEGE PERILOUS — (литературоведение) "гибельное седалище" (пустой стул за столом короля Артура, предназначенный для рыцаря, нашедшего Священный Грааль, и смертельный для других)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERILOUS — adjective Date: 14th century full of or involving peril , see: dangerous ~ly adverb ~ness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIEGE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Leningrad Siege of Mafikeng Siege of Toulon Siege of Vienna Siege of Yorktown Siege …
Английский словарь Британика
SIEGE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERILOUS — ˈperələs sometimes -eril- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French perilleus, from Latin periculosus, from periculum danger + -osus -ous …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERILOUS — (a.) Daring; reckless; dangerous.
Английский словарь Webster
PERILOUS — (a.) Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
Английский словарь Webster
PERILOUS — ( a. ) Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERILOUS — ( a. ) Daring; reckless; dangerous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SIEGE — — siegeable , adj. /seej/ , n. , v. , sieged, sieging . n. 1. the act or process of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERILOUS — — perilously , adv. — perilousness , n. /per"euh leuhs/ , adj. involving or full of grave risk or peril; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERILOUS — adj. dangerous, risky
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SIEGE — ˈsēzh noun Etymology: Middle English sege, from Anglo-French, seat, blockade, from Old French * siegier to seat, settle, from Vulgar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERILOUS — adjective Date: 14th century : full of or involving peril a perilous journey Synonyms: see dangerous • per·il·ous·ly adverb • …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIEGE — noun a workman's bench. 2. siege ·noun the floor of a glass-furnace. 3. siege ·noun hence, place or situation; seat. …
Webster English vocab
PERILOUS — adj daring; reckless; dangerous. 2. perilous ·adj full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
Webster English vocab
PERILOUS — [ 'pɛrɪləs ] ■ adjective full of or exposed to danger or risk. Derivatives ~ly adverb ~ness noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
SIEGE — [siege] n [ME sege, fr. OF, seat, blockade, fr. siegier to seat, settle, fr. (assumed) VL sedicare, fr. L sedere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERILOUS — [per.il.ous] adj (14c): full of or involving peril: hazardous syn see dangerous -- per.il.ous.ly adv -- per.il.ous.ness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIEGE — siege BrE AmE siːdʒ siːʒ ▷ sieges ˈsiːdʒ ɪz ˈsiːʒ-, -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PERILOUS — perilous BrE AmE ˈper ə l əs -ɪl- ▷ perilous|ly li ▷ perilous|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIEGE — / siːdʒ; NAmE / noun 1. a military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERILOUS — / ˈperələs; NAmE / adjective ( formal or literary ) very dangerous SYN hazardous ► per·il·ous·ly adverb : We came …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIEGE — siege /siːdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: sege 'seat, siege' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERILOUS — per ‧ il ‧ ous /ˈperələs, ˈperɪləs/ BrE AmE adjective literary or formal very dangerous: a perilous journey across the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIEGE — n. 1 a a military operation in which an attacking force seeks to compel the surrender of a fortified place …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERILOUS — adj. 1 full of risk; dangerous; hazardous. 2 exposed to imminent risk of destruction etc. øøperilously adv. perilousness n. [ME …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIEGE — n. 1 a a military operation in which an attacking force seeks to compel the surrender of a fortified place …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERILOUS — adj. 1 full of risk; dangerous; hazardous. 2 exposed to imminent risk of destruction etc. perilously adv. perilousness n. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIEGE — n.1 a a military operation in which an attacking force seeks to compel the surrender of a fortified place by …
Oxford English vocab
PERILOUS — adj.1 full of risk; dangerous; hazardous. 2 exposed to imminent risk of destruction etc. Derivatives: perilously adv. perilousness n. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
SIEGE — ( sieges) 1. A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERILOUS — Something that is perilous is very dangerous. ( LITERARY ) ...a perilous journey across the war-zone... The road grew even …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERILOUS — Something that is ~ is very dangerous. (LITERARY) ...a ~ journey across the war-zone... The road grew even steeper and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIEGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE long ▪ It was only in October 1714 that Barcelona at last surrendered to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERILOUS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dangerous/hazardous/perilous journey ▪ They set off on the dangerous journey down the river. COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIEGE — [noun] [C] - the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending itThe siege …
Cambridge English vocab
PERILOUS — [adjective] [slightly formal]Something that is perilous is extremely dangerous.The country roads are quite perilous.The change from dictatorship to democracy is …
Cambridge English vocab
SIEGE — n. Leningrad Siege of Mafikeng Siege of Toulon Siege of Vienna Siege of Yorktown Siege of Zara Siege of
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SIEGE — Synonyms and related words : attack, beleaguer, beleaguerment, besetment, besiege, besiegement, blockade, blockading, bottle up, bout, circumscription, confinement, cordon off, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERILOUS — Synonyms and related words : alarming, bad, chancy, critical, dangerous, dangersome, delicate, desultory, explosive, fraught with danger, hairy, hazardous, infirm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIEGE — n. Function: noun a sometimes prolonged period of disorder or stress (as of body or mind) FF1C; endured a three-week …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SIEGE — noun a sometimes prolonged period of disorder or stress (as of body or mind) endured a three-week siege of flu …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIEGE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ lengthy , long , prolonged ( esp. BrE ) ▪ four-day , ten-hour , etc. ▪ armed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PERILOUS — adj. Perilous is used with these nouns: ↑ adventure , ↑ journey , ↑ situation
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIEGE — n. 1 blockade, encirclement, beleaguerment, besiegement The siege of Troy lasted ten years v. 2 lay siege to, besiege, blockade, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PERILOUS — adj. dangerous, risky, hazardous, vulnerable, susceptible, uncertain, insecure, unsafe, unsure: Why undertake such a perilous journey alone?
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SIEGE — сущ. 1) осада at, during a siege ≈ во время осады in a state of siege ≈ будучи осажденным a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERILOUS — прил. опасный, рискованный, тяжелый perilous journey ≈ опасное путешествие Syn : dangerous опасный, рискованный - * ascent опасный подъем - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIEGE — siege.ogg _I si:dʒ n 1> осада state of siege - осадное положение to declare a state of siege - ввести …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PERILOUS — perilous.ogg ʹperıləs a опасный, рискованный perilous ascent - опасный подъём in a perilous predicament - в рискованном /опасном/ положении
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIEGE — siege сущ.1) осада at, during a siege — во время осады in a state of siege — будучи осажденным a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SIEGE — _I si:dʒ n 1> осада state of siege - осадное положение to declare a state of siege - ввести осадное …
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