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   parlous

   /ˈpɑːləs/

   adjective

   • 1. full of danger or uncertainty; precarious: archaic, humorous "the parlous state of the economy"

   adverb

   • 1. greatly or excessively: archaic "she is parlous handsome"

   Word Origin late Middle English: contraction of perilous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. parlously adverb
   • 2. parlousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

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