单词 | perilsome |
释义 | perilsomeadj. Now rare. Full of peril; dangerous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] plightlyOE wothea1300 perilousc1300 wickeda1375 plightfula1400 dreadfulc1400 parlous?a1425 shrewd1482 danger1488 dangerous1490 periculous1533 dangerful1548 dangersome1567 craggy1582 perilsome1593 endangering1601 unsafe1621 imperilous1645 ugly1654 warm1726 neck-break1756 wanchancy1768 uncanny1785 unchancy1786 nasty1828 unhealthy1915 windy1919 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 82v They so poyson the ayre..that from them proceedeth thys perrilsome contagion. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 241 No time to come Can send me to a place, so perilsome, That I shall feare it. 1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 97 The people be often the greater enemy and more perilsome being neerest. 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 14 Jan. 47/2 The Friedrichstal Mission Station, where their weary and perilsome voyage came to an end. 1961 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 21 517 If granted immediately, however, democracy would be perilsome, for the working-class majority would opt for ‘a revolution of property’ disastrous to production. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593 |
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