Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being in danger; a hazarding or exposing to peril.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Trial; experiment.
- noun obsolete The state of being in peril.
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- noun obsolete
trial ;experiment - noun obsolete the state of being in
peril
Etymologies
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Latin periclitatio: compare French périclitation.
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pavonine commented on the word periclitation
1. Trial; experiment.
2. The state of being in peril.
June 8, 2008
pavonine commented on the word periclitation
The state of being in peril
July 12, 2009