perilous
Dangerous, full of perilDangerous, full of peril.
» Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Обучение без размышлений - пустая работа; размышления без обучения - опасно. — astyng
Вчитися, не міркуючи - порожня справа. Міркувати без навчання - загибель. — shanghainese
shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesDangerous, full of peril.
gefährlich, gefahrvoll
опа́сныйopásnyj, риско́ванныйriskóvannyj
- fraught with danger
Examples
8 sentencesLearning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Вчитися, не міркуючи - порожня справа. Міркувати без навчання - загибель. — shanghainese
ruОбучение без размышлений - пустая работа; размышления без обучения - опасно. — astyng
This could have perilous diplomatic consequences.
You are in a perilous state, oh shepherd.
A secret cove was hidden by perilous-looking rocks.
A coward is someone who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English perilous, from Old French perilleus, equivalent to peril + -ous, fromFrom Middle English perilous, from Old French perilleus, equivalent to peril + -ous, from the noun peril, or from Latin perīculōsus. Doublet of periculous.
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Forms
more perilous, most perilous| Comparative | more perilous Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most perilous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- fraught with danger:parlousprecarioustouch-and-go
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.