different between perilous vs unsafe

English

Alternative forms

• perelles (obsolete)
• perillous (archaic)
• perlous (obsolete)
• per'lous (poetic)

Etymology

From Middle English perilous, from Old French perilleus, from the noun peril, or from Latin per?cul?sus. Doublet of periculous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.?.l?s/, /p??.l?.?s/

Adjective

perilous (comparative more perilous, superlative most perilous)

1. Dangerous, full of peril.

Derived terms

• perilously

Related terms

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• perillous, perelous, perlious, pereilous, perlous, perylous, perylus, periluse

Etymology

From Old French perilleus, from Latin per?cul?sus; equivalent to peril +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?r(i)lu?s/, /?par(i)lu?s/

Adjective

perilous (plural and weak singular perilouse, superlative perilousest)

1. Full of danger or peril; dangerous, harmful, periculous:
   1. Fatal, mortal; potentially resulting in death.
   2. Scary, frightening; inducing horror and psychological damage.
   3. (Late Middle English) Religiously harmful or hurtful
   4. (Late Middle English) Unfortunate; experiencing bad luck.

Descendants

• English: perilous, parlous
• Scots: perilous (obsolete)

References

• “peril?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

English

Etymology

From un- +? safe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?se?f/
• Rhymes: -e?f

Adjective

unsafe (comparative more unsafe, superlative most unsafe)

1. Not safe (various senses); dangerous.

Synonyms

• (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsteady, unstable, wobbly

Translations

Verb

unsafe (third-person singular simple present unsafes, present participle unsafing, simple past and past participle unsafed)

1. (transitive) To remove the safety from (a weapon).

Anagrams

• faunes, fausen