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perilous
(encz) | perilous,nebezpečný adj: Pavel Machek |
perilous
(encz) | perilous,riskantní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Perilous
(gcide) | Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F.
p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also
perillous.]
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous;
hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
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Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton.
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2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. --
Per"il*ous*ness, n.
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perilous
(wn) | perilous
adj 1: fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous
journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the
Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an
undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-
and-go recovery" [syn: parlous, perilous,
precarious, touch-and-go] |
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perilously
(encz) | perilously,nebezpečně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
perilousness
(encz) | perilousness, n: |
Perilous
(gcide) | Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F.
p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also
perillous.]
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous;
hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
[1913 Webster]
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton.
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2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. --
Per"il*ous*ness, n.
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Perilously
(gcide) | Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F.
p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also
perillous.]
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous;
hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
[1913 Webster]
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton.
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2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. --
Per"il*ous*ness, n.
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Perilousness
(gcide) | Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F.
p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also
perillous.]
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous;
hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
[1913 Webster]
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton.
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2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. --
Per"il*ous*ness, n.
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Unperilous
(gcide) | Unperilous \Unperilous\
See perilous. |
perilously
(wn) | perilously
adv 1: in a dangerous manner; "he came dangerously close to
falling off the ledge" [syn: perilously, hazardously,
dangerously] |
perilousness
(wn) | perilousness
n 1: the state of being dangerous [syn: hazardousness,
perilousness] |
siege perilous
(wn) | Siege Perilous
n 1: the legendary seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved
for the knight who would find the Holy Grail; it was fatal
for anyone else to sit in it |
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