periglioso

Italian

Etymology

From periglio, from Old Occitan perilh, from Latin perīculum. By surface analysis, periglio (“danger”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.riʎˈʎo.zo/, (traditional) /pe.riʎˈʎo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧glió‧so

Adjective

periglioso (feminine perigliosa, masculine plural perigliosi, feminine plural perigliose)

1. (literary, archaic) Alternative form of pericoloso (“dangerous”)
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno‎^[1], lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     E come quei che con lena affannata, ¶ uscito fuor del pelago a la riva, ¶ si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata, […]

     And even as he, who, with distressful breath, ¶ ⁠Forth issued from the sea upon the shore, ¶ ⁠Turns to the water perilous and gazes; […]

Derived terms

• perigliosamente