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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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