PARLOUS

parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

parlous (comparative more parlous, superlative most parlous)

Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.

Synonym: Thesaurus:dangerous

Antonym: Thesaurus:safe

Appalling, dire, terrible.

(rare or obsolete, also, England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.

Adverb

parlous (not comparable)

(archaic) Extremely, very.

Anagrams

• Solapur

Source: Wiktionary

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Par"lous, a. Etym: [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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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