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peril
English
Etymology
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin per?culum. Doublet of periculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p???l/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?p???l/
- Rhymes: -???l, -???l
Noun
peril (countable and uncountable, plural perils)
- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
- (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
Synonyms
- danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe
- See also Thesaurus:danger
Derived terms
- yellow peril
- imperil
Related terms
- perilous
Translations
Verb
peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling or perilling, simple past and past participle periled or perilled)
- (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?"
- 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:
Anagrams
- piler, plier, prile
Middle English
Alternative forms
- perile, periil, perel, peryle, pereyl, parelle, peryl, perell, perill, parell, pereil
Etymology
From Old French peril, from Latin per?culum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ril/, /p??ri?l/, /?p?r?l/, /?par?l/
Noun
peril (plural perilles)
- Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky:
- A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely.
- A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril.
- Sinfulness; religious threat or danger.
- (Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance.
Related terms
- perilous
- perilously
Descendants
- English: peril
- Scots: peril
References
- “per??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin per?culum.
Noun
peril m (oblique plural periz or perilz, nominative singular periz or perilz, nominative plural peril)
- peril; hazard; danger
Descendants
- ? Middle English: peril
- English: peril
- Scots: peril
- French: péril
- Norman: péthi (Jersey)
peril From the web:
- what peril means
- what perils are covered by the standard fire policy
- what perils are covered under ho3
- what perils does an ho3 cover
- what perils are covered under dp1
- what perils are covered under special form
- what perils are covered under broad form
- what perils are covered by property insurance
exposure
English
Etymology
expose +? -ure
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?spo???/
Noun
exposure (countable and uncountable, plural exposures)
- (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
- (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
- 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Ugly Boy, Dark Horse Books
- As all of you know, a great tragedy occurred yesterday. Arthur Harcourt died of exposure sometimes in the morning in the woods off Mount Tom Road.
- 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Ugly Boy, Dark Horse Books
- The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
- (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.
- (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
- (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
- (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
- (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
Derived terms
Translations
exposure From the web:
- what exposure factor controls contrast
- what exposure means
- what exposure do orchids like
- what exposure is best for plants
- what exposure should i use
- what exposure is the interproximal contacts critical
- what exposure limits are enforceable by law
- what exposure is best for solar panels
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