Friday, January 23, 2015

parlous

parlous (comparative more parlous, superlative most parlous)

  1. Attended with peril; dangerous; risky.
    The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
  2. Dire, terrible, appalling.
    Those manning the facility were in a parlous state.
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