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peˈriculous, a.
[ad. L. perīculōs-us, f. perīculum danger, peril: see -ous.]
= perilous.
1547Boorde Brev. Health Pref. 4 In periculus causes one Chirurgion ought to consult with an other. a1552Leland Itin. III. 47 Driven toward the Mouth of this Water, wher is no Haven, but periculus Rokkes. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xii. (1650) 187 Saturne..doth cause these periculous periods. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 20 Periculous tempestivities, hard Seasons. 1835Hogg in Fraser's Mag. XI. 359 'Tis really ridiculous To turn into frolic a case so periculous. 1932W. E. D. Allen Hist. Georgian People iii. 27 The land is poor and snowbound, craggy and periculous. 1959A. A. MacGregor Phantom Footsteps iii. 70 The mountain's precipitous upper slopes at the time were treacherously encased in ice, its ravines deceptively filled with periculous snow.
Hence † peˈriculousness Obs.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cclxxxv. 94 b, Phlebothomy the whiche I dyd neuer vse in this matter, considerynge the periculisnes of it. |