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Definition of Perilousness
1. Noun. The state of being dangerous.
Definition of Perilousness
1. Noun. The quality of being perilous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perilousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perilousness
Literary usage of Perilousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1899)
"There is (the trigram expressive of) perilousness in front. When one, seeing the
peril, can arrest his steps (in accordance with the significance of the ..."
2. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth) (1885)
"The Florentine ambassador, Pandolfini, was struck with the perilousness of this
mania; and Cardinal d'Amboise was no longer by to oppose it. ..."
3. A History of the United States by Edward Channing (1917)
"Jefferson recognized to the full the perilousness of the situation, and the next
few months were months of anxious and watchful waiting. ..."
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