peril

See also: péril

English

Etymology

From Middle English peril, borrowed from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹəl

Noun

peril (countable and uncountable, plural perils)

  1. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  2. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
    The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  3. (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

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Verb

peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling or perilling, simple past and past participle periled or perilled)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. [from 16th c.]
    • 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:
      And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:
      "I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French peril, from Latin perīculum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛril/, /pɛˈriːl/, /ˈpɛrəl/, /ˈparəl/

Noun

peril (plural perilles)

  1. Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky:
    1. A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely.
    2. A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril.
    3. Sinfulness; religious threat or danger.
  2. (Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance.

Descendants

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin perīculum.

Noun

peril m (oblique plural periz or perilz, nominative singular periz or perilz, nominative plural peril)

  1. peril; hazard; danger

Descendants
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