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perilousness

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per·il·ous  (pr-ls)
adj.
Full of or involving peril; dangerous.
peril·ous·ly adv.
peril·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.perilousness - the state of being dangerous
hazardousness
danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
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No: the reason was this: that from the fatal experiences of the fishery there hung a terrible prestige of perilousness about such a whale as there did about Rinaldo Rinaldini, insomuch that most fishermen were content to recognise him by merely touching their tarpaulins when he would be discovered lounging by them on the sea, without seeking to cultivate a more intimate acquaintance.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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