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perillous

perillous is the archaic 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

Forms of perillous

comparativemore perillous
superlativemost perillous

Questions about perillous

What is perillous the archaic form of?
Perillous is the archaic form of perilous.

Words near perillous in the dictionary

  1. perilled
  2. perilless
  3. perilling
  4. Perillo
  5. Perillos
  6. perillous
  7. perillyl
  8. perillyl alcohol
  9. perilobar
  10. perilobular
  11. perilous

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