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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dangerous \Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous,
fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.]
1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous;
hazardous; unsafe.
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Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are dangerous. --Shak.
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It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay.
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2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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If they incline to think you dangerous
To less than gods. --Milton.
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3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with
death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett.
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4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.]
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My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer.
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5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous."
--Chaucer. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Dan"ger*ous*ness}, n.
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