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peril (iou)



peril noun & verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French peril from Latin peric(u)lum experiment, risk, danger, from base of experiri to try + -culum -CLE.]
A. noun.
Liability or exposure to the possibility of imminent injury or destruction; jeopardy, danger. ME.
H. Belloc In peril, as in battle or shipwreck, each man will save himself. R. Macaulay The fish he had angled for had seen their peril and eluded it.
A case or cause of peril; a danger; (usu. with prec. adjective) a threat regarded as emanating from a particular people, race, or country. ME.
P. G. Wodehouse He seemed..like a man gazing down an unknown path full of unknown perils. C. Allen Fear of the 'Russian peril' led to increased British activity.
A perilous or dangerous matter. Chiefly in it is peril to do. Long rare. ME.
Phrases: at one's peril taking the risk or responsibility of the consequences; esp. in warnings, referring to the risk incurred by disregard. at peril of = in peril of below. in peril of liable or exposed to (an imminent fate, arch. a cause of danger). in peril of doing liable to incur loss or injury by doing. in peril of one's life liable to imminent risk of death. in peril to do = in peril of doing above. on one's peril, to one's peril = at one's peril above. yellow peril: see YELLOW adjective.
Comb.: peril point Economics (chiefly US) a critical threshold below which a tariff may not be reduced without harming the domestic economy.
b. verb trans. Infl. -ll-, -l-. = IMPERIL. M16.