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parlous

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par·lous  (pärls)
adj.
1. Perilous; dangerous: "starting from scratch in parlous economic times" Madalynne Reuter.
2. Obsolete Dangerously cunning.
[Middle English, variant of perilous, perilous, from peril, peril; see peril.]
parlous·ly adv.
parlous
Adjective
Archaic or humorous dangerously bad; dire: the parlous state of the economy [variant of perilous]
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Adj.1.parlousparlous - 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"
perilous, touch-and-go, precarious
dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
parlous
adjective (Archaic), (humorous) dangerous, difficult, desperate, risky, dire, hazardous, hairy (slang) perilous, chancy (informal)
Translations
Spanish parlous [ˈpɑːləs] adj → peligroso, alarmante
French parlous [ˈpɑːləs] adj (formal) → précaire
German parlous [ˈpɑːləs] adj [state] → prekär
Italian parlous [ˈpɑːləs] adj → periglioso/a
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It was clear that the miscreant was in a parlous state.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Daylight, after I had been four hours in the water, found me in a parlous condition in the tide-rips off Mare Island light, where the swift ebbs from Vallejo Straits and Carquinez Straits were fighting with each other, and where, at that particular moment, they were fighting the flood tide setting up against them from San Pablo Bay.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
If you find us in so parlous a state, it is surely scarcely dignified or gracious, on the part of a great nation like yours, to leave us so abruptly to our fate.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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