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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parlous \Par"lous\, adjective [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}, adverb [Obs.] -- {Par"lous*ness}, noun [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parlous
adjective: fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery" [syn: {perilous}, {precarious}, {touch-and-go}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "parlous": alarming, awkward, bad, chancy, critical, dangerous, dangersome, difficult, explosive, fraught with danger, hairy, hazardous, iffy, jeopardous, menacing, periculous, perilous, precarious, risky, serious, threatening, ticklish, ugly, uncertain
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