'Parlous' definitions:

Definition of 'parlous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go]

Definition of 'Parlous'

From: GCIDE
  • Parlous \Par"lous\, a. [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic] "A parlous snuffing." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] "A parlous boy." --Shak. "A parlous wit." --Dryden. -- {Par"lous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Par"lous*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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