What does "dangerous" mean?
Dangerous: Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] Forby. Bartlett.
- 3.Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer.
- 4.Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous." Chaucer. -- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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