dangersomeadj.
/ˈdeɪndʒəsəm/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
Fraught with danger.
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plightlyOE
wothea1300
perilousc1300
wickeda1375
plightfula1400
dreadfulc1400
parlous?a1425
shrewd1482
danger1488
dangerous1490
periculous1533
dangerful1548
dangersome1567
craggy1582
perilsome1593
endangering1601
unsafe1621
imperilous1645
ugly1654
warm1726
neck-break1756
wanchancy1768
uncanny1785
unchancy1786
nasty1828
unhealthy1915
windy1919
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 96 The sluggish owle hath bene to man Most often daungersome.
a1639 H. Wotton Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham: Parallel in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 8 The dangersome marks.
1850 Odd Leaves 172 I knew it war a dangersome place for a well man to go in, much less a one-leg cripple.
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 549/1 How to run in daylight without it being dangersome for Tim.
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