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periculous

periculous adjective: dangerous, hazardous, perilous.

Adjective

periculous (comparative more periculous, superlative most periculous)

  1. dangerous, hazardous, perilous

Forms of periculous

comparativemore periculous
superlativemost periculous

Origin of periculous

Borrowed from Latin periculosus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”). Doublet of perilous.

Questions about periculous

What does periculous mean?
Periculous means dangerous, hazardous, perilous.
What part of speech is periculous?
Periculous is an adjective.

Words near periculous in the dictionary

  1. pericraniums
  2. pericrany
  3. pericratonic
  4. pericryptal
  5. pericula
  6. periculous
  7. periculum
  8. pericutaneous
  9. pericuticular
  10. pericyazine
  11. pericycle

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