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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parlous /ˈpɑːləs/

▶adjective archaic or humorous full of uncertainty; precarious: the parlous state of the economy.

– derivatives
parlously adverb,
parlousness noun.

– origin ME: contr. of perilous (see peril).

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