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parlous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parlous \Par"lous\, a. [For perlous, a contr. fr perilous.] 1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as a parlous cough. [Archaic] ``A parlous snuffing.'' --Beau. & Fl 2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] ``A parlous boy.'' --Shak. ``A parlous wit.'' --Dryden. -- {Par"lous*ly}, adv [Obs.] -- {Par"lous*ness}, n. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parlous adj : 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" [syn: {perilous}, {precarious}, {touch-and-go}]
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