peril
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈpɛɹɪl/
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/ˈpɛɹɪl/ · /ˈpɛɹəl/
Definition of peril
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A situation of serious and immediate danger.
“Your life is in peril.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A situation of serious and immediate danger.
“Your life is in peril.”
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(countable, uncountable)Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
“the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)”
- (countable, uncountable)An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
verb
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(transitive)To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.
“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?”
“"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.
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