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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
EXPANDqua·si-dan·ger·ous, adjective
qua·si-dan·ger·ous·ly, adverb
sem·i·dan·ger·ous, adjective
sem·i·dan·ger·ous·ly, adverb
sem·i·dan·ger·ous·ness, noun
un·dan·ger·ous, adjective
un·dan·ger·ous·ly, adverb
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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
EXPAND words used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s). Related: Dangerously (c.1540).
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