Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parlous"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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