parlous
pronunciation
How to pronounce parlous in British English:
UK [ˈpɑ:ləs]
How to pronounce parlous in American English:
US [ˈpɑrləs]
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- Adjective:
- fraught with danger
Word Origin
- parlous
- parlous: see peril
- parlous (adj.)
- late 14c., late Middle English contraction of perilous.
Example
- 1. In the case of industrial technology , the effects of this disregard were parlous .
- 2. Few now doubt that the world economy is in its most parlous state since the 1930s .
- 3. The chinese made no mention of britain 's parlous public finances , and raised no concerns about investing in gilts .
- 4. The fact that banks could turn government bonds from across the euro zone into cash at the ecb encouraged governments to borrow , and banks to rely on short-term funding to an extent now proving parlous .
- 5. Given its particularly parlous economic situation , greece has seen the most focused public anger so far , in protests that dwarf the modest several hundred who turned out in athens on saturday .