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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Parlous \Par"lous\, a. [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
        [Archaic] ``A parlous snuffing.'' --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] ``A parlous
        boy.'' --Shak. ``A parlous wit.'' --Dryden. --
        Par"lous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Par"lous*ness, n. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Parlous \Par"lous\, a. [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.]
     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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  parlous
       adj : fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey
             on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic
             in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea
             diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go
             recovery" [syn: perilous, precarious, touch-and-go]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  parlous
     a.
     1 attend with peril; dangerous, risky.
     2 appalling#Adjective, dire, terrible.
     3 (lb en rare or obsolete also England dialectal) dangerously clever
  or cunning; also, remarkably good#Adjective or unusual.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) extremely, very.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  parlous
     a.
     1 attend with peril; dangerous, risky.
     2 appalling#Adjective, dire, terrible.
     3 (lb en rare or obsolete also England dialectal) dangerously clever
  or cunning; also, remarkably good#Adjective or unusual.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) extremely, very.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  parlous
     a.
     1 attend with peril; dangerous, risky.
     2 appalling#Adjective, dire, terrible.
     3 (lb en rare or obsolete also England dialectal) dangerously clever
  or cunning; also, remarkably good#Adjective or unusual.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) extremely, very.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  parlous
     a.
     1 attend with peril; dangerous, risky.
     2 appalling#Adjective, dire, terrible.
     3 (lb en rare or obsolete also England dialectal) dangerously clever
  or cunning; also, remarkably good#Adjective or unusual.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) extremely, very.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/ 
  riskantní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/ 
  hazadrní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/
   [obs.]  [humor.] misslich  [geh.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/ 
  riskant 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/ 
   [formal] prekär , kritisch 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/
   [formal] gefährlich 
           Note: Situation

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  parlous /pˈɑːləs/
  1. (eski) tehlikeli
  2. zor, müşkül
  3. çok zeki açıkgöz, kurnaz, becerikli
  4. müthiş, hayret verici
  5. fazlasıyle, aşırı derecede.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "parlous":
     alarming, awkward, bad, chancy, critical, dangerous, dangersome,
     difficult, explosive, fraught with danger, hairy, hazardous, iffy,
     jeopardous, menacing, periculous, perilous, precarious, risky,
     serious, threatening, ticklish, ugly, uncertain
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 危险的,不易对付的,麻烦的;
  ad. 非常地,极度地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 危险的,不易对付的,麻烦的
     ad. 非常地,极度地

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