par·lous (pär l s)
adj.
1. Perilous; dangerous: "starting from scratch in parlous economic times" (Madalynne Reuter).
2. Obsolete Dangerously cunning.
[Middle English, variant of perilous, perilous, from peril, peril; see peril.]
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Sister Jen told me a few years ago that her sons Willie, Sam and Jack are terrified about the national debt, a sign of financial insecurity in these parlous economic times.
Sister Jen told me a few years ago that her sons Willie, Sam and Jack are terrified about the national debt, a sign of financial insecurity in these parlous economic times.
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