parlous
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Is parlous a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of parlous?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (rare or obsolete, also England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.Examples: "A parlous Boy: go too, you are too ſhrew'd."; "[O]h their parlous fellows, they will ſearch more with their wits than a Cunſtable with all his officers."; "This Midas knew: and durſt communicate / To none but to his wife his ears of ſtate: / One muſt be truſted, and he thought her fit, / As paſſing prudent, and a parlous wit."Englandalsodialectalobsoleterare
adv (English)
1. (archaic) Extremely, very.Examples: "[L]ast week I had a distinctly unpleasant experience, and came parlous near qualifying as a beachcomber. [...] I cast round, trying one or two charming little hotels within reasonable radius, only to find the "house full" boards up everywhere."archaicnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary