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Definition of Perlous
1. a. Perilous.
Definition of Perlous
1. Adjective. (obsolete form of perilous) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perlous
1. perilous [adj] - See also: perilous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perlous
Literary usage of Perlous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1891)
"is from ME perlous,1 by the change of er to ar (vol. ip 406, § 381); ... This is
a perlous case'; Towneley, Mysteries (Noah and his Wife). ..."
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