English-Thai Dictionary

parlous

ADJ ฉลาดแกมโกง  เจ้าเล่ห์  มี เล่ห์เหลี่ยม  cha-lad-kam-kong

 

parlous

ADJ ซึ่ง มี ภัย  อันตราย  น่ากลัว  risky perilous sueng-me-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARLOUS

a.Keen; sprightly; waggish. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARLOUS

Par "lous, a. Etym: [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous. ]

 

1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic ] "A parlous snuffing." Beau. & Fl.

 

2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs. ] "A parlous boy. " Shak. "A parlous wit. " Dryden. -- Par "lous *ly, adv. [Obs. ] -- Par "lous *ness, n. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parlous

par lous |ˈpärləs ˈpɑrləs | ▶adjective archaic or humorous full of danger or uncertainty; precarious: the parlous state of the economy. ▶adverb archaic greatly or excessively: she is parlous handsome. DERIVATIVES par lous ly adverb, par lous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: contraction of perilous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

parlous

parlous |ˈpɑːləs | ▶adjective archaic or humorous full of danger or uncertainty; precarious: the parlous state of the economy | the General's position was parlous. ▶adverb archaic greatly or excessively: she is parlous handsome. DERIVATIVES parlously adverb, parlousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: contraction of perilous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

parlous

parlous adjective the parlous state of the industry: bad, dire, dreadful, awful, terrible, grave, serious, desperate, precarious; sorry, poor, lamentable, hopeless; unsafe, perilous, dangerous, risky; informal dicey, hairy, woeful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

parlous

parlous adjective archaic or humorous the parlous state of the industry: bad, dire, dreadful, awful, terrible, appalling, frightful, grave, serious, desperate, precarious, uncertain, touch-and-go, difficult, unsafe, perilous, dangerous, risky; pitiful, wretched, sorry, poor, lamentable, woeful, hopeless; informal dicey, hairy, lousy; Brit. informal dodgy, chronic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parlous

par lous /pɑ́ː r ləs /形容詞 ｟かたい書 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗悪い [危険な ]状態の ; 抜け目のない .副詞 大いに, とても .