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perelles

perelles is the obsolete form of pearls.

perelles is the obsolete form of perilous.

Meaning of perilous

Adjective

perilous (comparative more perilous, superlative most perilous)

  1. Dangerous, full of peril.
    • Three miles or more to our starboard is a low dim line. It is the Eastern shore of Central Africa. We are running to the southward, before the North East Monsoon, between the mainland and the reef that for hundreds of miles fringes this perilous coast.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    treacherous

Questions about perelles

What is perelles the obsolete form of?
Perelles is the obsolete form of pearls.

Words near perelles in the dictionary

  1. Perekip
  2. Perekop
  3. perekovka
  4. Perella
  5. Perellas
  6. perelles
  7. Perelman
  8. Perelmans
  9. perempt
  10. perempted
  11. perempting

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