PERILOUS


Meaning of PERILOUS in English

adj.1 full of risk; dangerous; hazardous.

2 exposed to imminent risk of destruction etc.

Derivatives:

perilously adv. perilousness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF perillous f. L periculosus f. periculum: see PERIL

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.