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[Noun] | "per*il" | \ ˈper-əl \

1: exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost : danger

2: something that imperils or endangers : risk

Origin: 13th century ;

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin perīculum "test, trial, risk, danger," going back to *perei-tlom, from *perei- (of uncertain origin) + *-tlom, instrumental suffix (going back to Indo-European);

* Note : Latin perīculum has traditionally been explained as a derivative from a proposed Indo-European verbal base *per- "test, risk," see:n also in perītus "practiced, experienced," experior, experīrī "to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo" (see: {experience:1|experience:1}) and opperior, opperīrī "to wait, wait for"; these have been compared with Greek peîra "trial, attempt, experience," peiráomai, peirâsthai "to make a trial of, attempt," émpeiros "experienced" (see: {empiric|empiric})—going back to *per-i̯a—and more tentatively with Germanic *fērō "pursuit, danger" (see: {fear:2|fear:2}). This *per- "test, risk" is then taken further as a semantic derivative of *per- "cross, pass" (see: {fare:1|fare:1}). Alternatively, if the formative -i- represents the Indo-European present-tense suffix *-ei̯-/-i-, Latin peri-/perī- in these words fits naturally with Indo-European *perh3-/pr̥h3- "bring forth, give rise to, produce" (if taken as a middle verb "give rise to within oneself, experience, undergo"), with *pr̥h3-i- yielding Latin pariō, parere "to give birth to" (see: {parturient:1|parturient:1}) and *perh3-ei̯- yielding the per-ī- of perīculum, etc. It is unclear if the base of experior and opperior contains par- or per-, as the simplex verb is not attested. (Cf. Michiel de Vaan, "PIE -presents, -presents, and their reflexes in Latin," Glotta, Band 87 [2011], pp. 23-36.);

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[Noun] | "yellow peril"

1: a danger to Western civilization held to arise from expansion of the power and influence of eastern Asian peoples

2: a threat to Western living standards from the influx of eastern Asian laborers willing to work for very low wages

Origin: 1895 ;

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[Verb] | "per*il" | \ ˈper-əl \

1: to expose to danger

Origin: 1567 ;

Derivative of {see: |peril:1|peril:1};

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[Noun] | "perils"

1: something that may cause injury or harm;

* e.g., " ... life is full of unexpected perils "

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[Noun] | "peril"

1: something that may cause injury or harm;

* e.g., " ... life is full of unexpected perils "

2: the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil;

* e.g., " ... they were unhappy about sending their son into peril overseas "

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[Verb] | "perils"

1: to place in danger;

* e.g., " ... a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily "

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[Verb] | "peril"

1: to place in danger;

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