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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: perilous (0.00867 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to perilous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: perilous
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” [syn:
parlous,
precarious,
touch-and-go]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Perilous
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.
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Per"il*ous*ly, adv. --
Per"il*ous*ness, n.
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