perill

English

Noun

perill (countable and uncountable, plural perills)

1. Obsolete spelling of peril.
   • 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 51:

     For if that bee not without much hazard and perill, […]

   • 1709, William Guthrie, A Sermon Concerning Regeneration Preached in Clydsdale, page 27:

     What is the Duty and Vertue oppoſite to this ill which Men are to ſtudy in an ill time upon their perill and prepare for.

   • 1715, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, volume 3, Book II, page 65:

     […] but ſithence that theſe Thinges, althoughe in their outward Viſage be worldly, yet inwardly they touch and concerne the Perill of Soule, […]

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan perill, from Vulgar Latin *periclu(m), syncopated form of Latin perīculum. Compare Occitan perilh, French péril.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾiʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈɾiʎ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iʎ

Noun

perill m (plural perills)

1. danger

Derived terms

• perillós
• perillar

References

• “perill” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French peril.

Noun

perill

1. Alternative form of peril

Etymology 2

From Old French perle.

Noun

perill

1. Alternative form of perle