(a) Of a situation, phenomenon, place, action, etc.: involving exposure to physical injury, death, or destruction; dangerous; of a wound: severe, posing a threat to life; also fig.; (b) ~ cough, ~ hos, a dangerous disease marked by coughing; ?consumption; ~ is, it is perilous; ~ of, in danger of causing (sth.); ~ cas, ~ passage, vale ~, etc.; (c) in Arthurian lore: sege ~, the seat at the Round Table reserved for the knight who should achieve the quest of the Grail; castel ~, chapele ~, forest ~, ~ lake, etc.; (d) susceptible to injury, vulnerable.

Causing dread or fear; dreadful, terrible; of a person, animal, etc.: capable of doing harm, formidable [often difficult to distinguish from 1.].

(a) Spiritually dangerous, perilous to the soul; wicked, sinful; morally corrupting; also fig.; cursing ~, an ecclesiastical interdict; ~ is, it is spiritually dangerous; (b) dangerous to one's social standing or position of influence; ?dangerous to one's virtue; (c) inauspicious; ~ daies, unlucky days.

In proverbs.

Error for perles adj.