perilous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perilous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perilous adj 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" Synonym(s): parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perilous \Per"ilous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F. p[82]rilleux, L. periculosus. See {Peril}.] [Written also {perillous}.] 1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous* undertaking. Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton. 2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer. For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer. -- {Per"ilously}, adv. -- {Per"ilousness}, n.