What (who) is parlous - definition
parlous
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If something is in a parlous state, it is in a bad or dangerous condition. (FORMAL)
...the parlous state of our economy.
= dire
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Parlous
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·adj Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
II. Parlous ·adj Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
Examples of use of parlous
1. He said: "It is financially, a parlous state of affairs.
2. Consider the parlous state of education in Britain.
3. Japanese universities, acutely aware of their financially parlous state, are busily preparing survival strategies.
4. Finally, don‘t forget foreign policy, which has become a social issue in these parlous times.
5. For five long months her health became increasingly parlous and she began planning her funeral.