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perilous

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1. a. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. Source: opted
2. a. Daring; reckless; dangerous. Source: opted
3. adj. fraught with danger Source: wordnet
4. 1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. Milton. 2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] Latimer. For I am perilous with knife in hand. Chaucer. -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. -- Per"il*ous*ness, n. Source: webster
5. j:100 s fraught with danger Source: ecdict

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dangerous peril attended danger daring fraught full hazardous involving reckless undertaking chaucer hand hills infamous knife latimer milton ness Obs sandy wilds

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