Definition of Perilous

1. Adjective. Fraught with danger. "Dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

Exact synonyms: Parlous, Precarious, Touch-and-go
Similar to: Dangerous, Unsafe
Derivative terms: Peril, Peril, Peril, Perilousness, Precariousness

Definition of Perilous

1. a. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.

Definition of Perilous

1. Adjective. Dangerous, full of peril. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perilous

1. dangerous [adj] - See also: dangerous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perilous

perikymata
peril
perilabyrinthitis
perilaryngeal
periled
perilene
perilenticular
periligamentous
perilimbal suction cup
periling
perillas
perilled
perilling
perillous
perilous (current term)
perilously
perilousness
perilousnesses
perils
perilunar dislocation
perilunate dislocation
perilune
perilunes
perilymph
perilympha
perilymphangial
perilymphangitis
perilymphatic
perilymphatic duct

Literary usage of Perilous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"And anon he led him unto the Siege perilous, where beside sat Sir Launcelot; and the good man lift up the cloth, and found there letters ..."

2. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER XI HOW A YOUNG SHEPHERD HAD A perilous FLOCK BLACK was the mouth of Twynham Castle, though a pair of torches burning at the further end of the ..."

3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"All of the fifty-odd children who lived in .the Settlement School on perilous worked, out of school-hours, to pay their board, the girls at cooking, ..."

4. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature by Dept. of Modern Languages, Harvard University (1903)
"CHAPTER IV (Continued}. ANCIENT CELTIC STORIES OF THE JOURNEY TO THE OTHER WORLD. V. THE perilous PASSAGE. ... there was a perilous passage on the way to ..."

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