According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
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
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
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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