Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perilous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F.
p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See {Peril}.] [Written also
{perillous}.]
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous;
hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton.
2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer.
For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer.
-- {Per"il*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Per"il*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perilous
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: {parlous}, {precarious}, {touch-and-go}]
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