perilous
pe·ri·lous
adjective
1.
- “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”
Origin
From Middle English perilous, from Old French perilleus, equivalent to peril + -ous, from the noun peril, or from Latin perīculōsus. Doublet of periculous.
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