perilsome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by peril; perilous
Example Sentences
- "In which regard it was considered of by the common table of the cupbearers what a perilsome thing it was to let any stranger or out-dweller approach so near the precincts of the prince as the great chamber without examining what he was and giving him his pass."
- "It did not need the Scourers or the Mohocks to make going abroad a perilsome affair."
Etymology
From peril + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more perilsome (comparative)
most perilsome (superlative)