parlous [ pahr-luhs ]
adjective
1. perilous; dangerous.
2. Obsolete. clever; shrewd.
adverb
3. to a large extent; greatly.
OTHER WORDS FROM PARLOUS
par·lous·ly, adverb
par·lous·ness, noun
WORDS RELATED TO PARLOUS
adventurous, alarming, breakneck, chancy, hazardous, impending, impregnable, jeopardous, malignant, menacing, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serpentine, speculative, terrible, threatening
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Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English, variant of perlous, syncopated variant of perilous
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