Thesaurus: parlous
Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
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Definitions
- a. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
- a. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
- adj. fraught with danger
- 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.]
- j:100 s. fraught with danger