discriminous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discriminosus, from discrimen (“the dangerous, decisive moment”). See discriminate (adjective).

Adjective

discriminous (comparative more discriminous, superlative most discriminous)

1. (obsolete) hazardous; dangerous
   • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:

     diſcerning the diſcriminous ſtate of Perdiccas King of Macedonia

References

“discriminous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.