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Siege Perilous
[ seej per-uh-luhs ]
noun
- Arthurian Legend. a vacant seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the predestined finder of the Holy Grail and was fatal to pretenders.
Siege Perilous
noun
- (in Arthurian legend) the seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the knight destined to find the Holy Grail and that was fatal to anyone else
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Siege Perilous1
First recorded in 1425–75; from Old French siege perilleus “dangerous seat”; siege ( def ), perilous ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Siege Perilous1
from siege (in the archaic sense: a seat or throne)
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