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parlous

parl·ous

parlous · more parlous · most parlous

Attended with peril; dangerous, riskyAttended with peril; dangerous, risky.

UK/ˈpɑːləs/US/ˈpɑɹləs/

» Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd.

Значення

значень: 3

Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.
The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
Appalling, dire, terrible.
in a parlous state
(England, також, діалектне, застаріле, рідковживане)Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.

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fraught with danger

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Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd.
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From Middle English parles, parlous, perlous, [and other forms], a contraction of perilous

From Middle English parles, parlous, perlous, [and other forms], a contraction of perilous (“dangerous; dreadful, terrible; morally corrupt, sinful, wicked; inauspicious, unlucky”) (and thus a doublet of perilous), from Old French perilleus, perillos, perillous, perilluse, perilleuse, perilleux (“very dangerous, perilous”) (modern French périlleux), from Latin perīculōsus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”), from perīculum (“danger, hazard, peril, risk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, carry forth, try”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives).

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