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Meaning of 'parlous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Parlous [ a.]
- Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
- Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.

Meaning of 'parlous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . parlous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- fraught with danger
Example in sentence:
  • a parlous journey on stormy seas;
  • a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat;
  • dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery;
  • dangerous waters;
  • the precarious life of an undersea diver

Nearby Words:

par para para grass para nut para- parabanic parablast parablastic parable parabola

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