perilous

English

Etymology

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From Middle English perilous, borrowed from Old French perilleus, from the noun peril, or from Latin perīculōsus. Doublet of periculous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɹ.ɪ.ləs/, /pɛɹ.l̩.əs/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

perilous (comparative more perilous, superlative most perilous)

1. Dangerous, full of peril.

Derived terms

• perilously

Translations

dangerous, full of peril

• Catalan: perillós
• Danish: farlig (da)
• Dutch: gevaarlijk (nl)
• Finnish: vaarallinen (fi), hengenvaarallinen (fi)
• French: périlleux (fr)
• German: gefährlich (de), gefahrvoll (de)
• Greek: επικίνδυνος (el) (epikíndynos)
• Icelandic: hættulegur (is), háskalegur (is)
• Italian: pericoloso (it), rischioso (it) m
• Japanese: 危ない (ja)
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• Latin: perīculōsus (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farlig, farefull

  Nynorsk: farefull

• Polish: niebezpieczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: periculoso, arriscado (pt) m, perigoso (pt) m
• Russian: опа́сный (ru) (opásnyj), риско́ванный (ru) (riskóvannyj)
• Spanish: peligroso (es) m
• Swedish: farlig (sv)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• perillous, perelous, perlious, pereilous, perlous, perylous, perylus, periluse

Etymology

From Old French perilleus, from Latin perīculōsus; equivalent to peril +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr(i)luːs/, /ˈpar(i)luːs/

Adjective

perilous (plural and weak singular perilouse, superlative perilousest)

1. Full of danger or peril; dangerous, harmful, periculous:
   1. Fatal, mortal; potentially resulting in death.
   2. Scary, frightening; inducing horror and psychological damage.
   3. (Late Middle English) Religiously harmful or hurtful
   4. (Late Middle English) Unfortunate; experiencing bad luck.

Descendants

• English: perilous, parlous
• Scots: perilous (obsolete)

References

• “perilǒus (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.