perilousnessn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛrᵻləsnəs/,

/ˈpɛrl̩əsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrələsnəs/

Forms: see perilous adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perilous adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < perilous adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being perilous; danger, dangerousness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > quality

dangerousness1530

periculousness1547

parlousness1565

perilousness1571

insafety1641

precariousness1798

1571 A. Golding in tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. Ep. Ded. sig. *.iii The perilousnes of this present time.

1740 T. Crosby Hist. Eng. Baptists III. 16 Exhorting all who visited him, to stedfastness and perseverance, notwithstanding the perilousness of the times.

1876 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxv, in Monthly Packet Apr. 306 A sense of the perilousness of the post to any honest man.

1915 Science 15 Jan. 97/2 The perilousness of such a position is apparent from a single well-known case.

1975 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 1/4 There was no disguising that both men are seized with the perilousness of the world economic crisis.

2003 Financial Times (Nexis) 10 May (Travel section) 17 The qualities for which mountains were once reviled—steepness, desolation, and perilousness—had come to be numbered among their most prized aspects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perilousness
释义	perilousnessn. Brit. /ˈpɛrᵻləsnəs/, /ˈpɛrl̩əsnəs/, U.S. /ˈpɛrələsnəs/ Forms: see perilous adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perilous adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < perilous adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being perilous; danger, dangerousness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > quality dangerousness1530 periculousness1547 parlousness1565 perilousness1571 insafety1641 precariousness1798 1571 A. Golding in tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. Ep. Ded. sig. .iii The perilousnes of this present time. 1740 T. Crosby Hist. Eng. Baptists* III. 16 Exhorting all who visited him, to stedfastness and perseverance, notwithstanding the perilousness of the times. 1876 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxv, in Monthly Packet Apr. 306 A sense of the perilousness of the post to any honest man. 1915 Science 15 Jan. 97/2 The perilousness of such a position is apparent from a single well-known case. 1975 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 1/4 There was no disguising that both men are seized with the perilousness of the world economic crisis. 2003 Financial Times (Nexis) 10 May (Travel section) 17 The qualities for which mountains were once reviled—steepness, desolation, and perilousness—had come to be numbered among their most prized aspects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1571
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