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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dangerous \dan"gerous\, a. oe., haughty, difficult, dangerous,
fr. of. dangereus, f. dangereux. see danger.
1. attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous;
hazardous; unsafe.
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our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
the ways are dangerous. --shak.
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it is dangerous to assert a negative. --macaulay.
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2. causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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if they incline to think you dangerous
to less than gods. --milton.
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3. in a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with
death. colloq. --forby. bartlett.
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4. hard to suit; difficult to please. obs.
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my wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
my lord to me is hard and dangerous. --chaucer.
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5. reserved; not affable. obs. "of his speech dangerous."
--chaucer. -- dan"gerously, adv. --
dan"gerousness, n.
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see also:
danger dan"gerously dan"gerousness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dangerousness
n : the quality of not being safe ant: safeness
see also:
safeness
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