parlousness

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• Parlousness — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• parlous — parlously, adv. parlousness, n. /pahr leuhs/, adj. 1. perilous; dangerous. 2. Obs. clever; shrewd. adv. 3. to a large extent; greatly. [1350 1400; ME, var. of perlous, syncopated var. of PERILOUS] * * * …   Universalium

• parlous — [ pα:ləs] adjective archaic or humorous full of uncertainty; precarious: the parlous state of the economy. Derivatives parlously adverb parlousness noun Origin ME: contr. of perilous (see peril) …   English new terms dictionary

• parlous — adj. & adv. archaic or joc. adj. 1 dangerous or difficult. 2 hard to deal with. adv. extremely. Derivatives: parlously adv. parlousness n. Etymology: ME, = PERILOUS …   Useful english dictionary