dangerous
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dʒər Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English da(u)ngerous domineering, fraught with danger < Old French dangereus threatening, difficult, equivalent to dangier (see danger) + -eus -ous
1175–1225; Middle English da(u)ngerous domineering, fraught with danger < Old French dangereus threatening, difficult, equivalent to dangier (see danger) + -eus -ous
Related forms
dan·ger·ous·ly, adverb
dan·ger·ous·ness, noun
non·dan·ger·ous, adjective
non·dan·ger·ous·ly, adverb
non·dan·ger·ous·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| causing danger; perilous | |
| 'dangerously | |
| —adv | |
| 'dangerousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dangerous
early 13c., "difficult, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-Fr. dangerous, O.Fr. dangeros (Mod.Fr. dangereux), from danger (see danger). In Chaucer, it means "hard to please, reluctant to give;" sense of "full of danger, risky" is from late 15c. Other
words used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s). Related: Dangerously (c.1540).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Blood clots travel, which is why they are dangerous.
However well intended some of the people involved may be or pretend to be, it is still a potentially dangerous scam.
There is absolutely nowhere to bike and if so, would be dangerous getting there.
And there is a sad history of chimps being abandoned or killed when they get too old and too dangerous to be cute.
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