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[ pahr-luhs ] / ˈpɑr ləs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR parlous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveperilous; dangerous. Obsolete. clever; shrewd. adverbto a large extent; greatly. Origin of parlous1350–1400; Middle English, variant of perlous, syncopated variant of perilous OTHER WORDS FROM parlouspar·lous·ly, adverbpar·lous·ness, nounWords nearby parlousparlor house, parlormaid, parlor palm, parlour, parlour game, parlous, parl. proc., parm, Parma, Parma ham, Parma Heights Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for parlousThey also counted on exploiting Honduras's parlous state of affairs among frightened voters. Honduras Presidential Election Passes Over Chavez Loyalists|Mac Margolis|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Cities in parlous financial condition often need creditors to keep going. Saving Detroit: When a Big City Stops Being Big|Megan McArdle|May 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST It could happen here—and in 2010, a parlous American economy did give the GOP a robust midterm triumph. Obama Realigns, the GOP Declines: The New Political Paradigm|Robert Shrum|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Archy's suspicions are awakened, and he climbs into the pork pie through an air hole, and prepares his soul for parlous times. Shandygaff|Christopher Morley
Now we all know that it is a parlous affair to fall in love in middle age. The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley As you start so you go on, for changing horses in mid-stream has ever been a parlous business. The Smiling Hill-Top|Julia M. Sloane And now with Ned Rackham in the van, it seemed that the British sailors were in a parlous plight and that their sortie must fail. Blackbeard: Buccaneer|Ralph D. Paine Ay, sir, an you will; but our case is parlous; I fear me our leisure will not serve. With Drake on the Spanish Main|Herbert Strang
British Dictionary definitions for parlous/ (ˈpɑːləs) archaic, or jocular /
adjectivedangerous or difficult cunning Derived forms of parlousparlously, adverbparlousness, nounWord Origin for parlousC14 perlous, variant of perilous Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to parlousadventurous, alarming, breakneck, chancy, hazardous, impending, impregnable, jeopardous, malignant, menacing, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serpentine, speculative, terrible, threatening |