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Adj. 1. parlous - 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". perilous, touch-and-go, precarious. dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk ...
3 senses: 1. dangerous or difficult 2. cunning 3. extremely.... Click for more definitions.
Jun 2, 2024 · parlous ( comparative more parlous, superlative most parlous) Attended with peril; dangerous, risky . The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible. Appalling, dire, terrible . ( rare or obsolete, also England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual .
parlous: 1 adj fraught with danger “a parlous journey on stormy seas” Synonyms: perilous , precarious , touch-and-go dangerous , unsafe involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
The earliest known use of the word parlous is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for parlous is from around 1390, in Pistel of Swete Susan . parlous is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
PARLOUS translate: 糟糕的;危險的;不可預測的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.
Synonyms for PARLOUS: dangerous, hazardous, perilous, risky, serious, precarious, unsafe, treacherous; Antonyms of PARLOUS: safe, innocuous, innocent, harmless, good ...
