Dangerous Definition
dānjər-əs
adjective
dangerouser
Full of danger; likely to cause injury, pain, etc.; unsafe; perilous.
Webster's New World
Being able or likely to do harm.
American Heritage
(colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Forby. Bartlett.
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Adjective
Base Form:
dangerous
Comparative:
dangerouserOrigin of Dangerous
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From Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.
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