单词 | periclitation |
释义 | † pericliˈtation Obs. [a. F. périclitation (a 1530 in Godef.), ad. L. perīclitātiōn-em, n. of action from perīclitārī: see prec.] 1. The action of exposing or condition of being exposed to peril; peril, danger, hazard, jeopardy.
1527St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 585 To the danger and periclitacion of Cristes feithe. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 49/1 It may without anye periclitatione be administrede to them. 1625Chas. I Sp. Wks. 1662 I. 361 Your own Periclitation necessitates an early Resolution. 1659H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 316 Corporal maladies, which are accompanied with great periclitation. 2. An experiment, esp. one involving risk; a trial, a venture. [So in L.]
1658Phillips, Periclitation, (lat.) an adventuring, hazarding, or endangering. 1670Maynwaring Physician's Repos. 81 This Prescription..is grounded upon some former periclitations. 1897Howells Landl. Lion's Head 227 During his social and financial periclitations in a region wholly inconceivable to her. |

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