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English
Adjective
daungerous (comparative more daungerous, superlative most daungerous)
- Obsolete form of dangerous.
Middle English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French dangereus, from dangier.
Adjective
daungerous
- dangerous
- hard to suit; difficult to please
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
My wages ben fule straite, and eke full smale; / My lorde is harde to me and daungerous.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- reserved; not affable
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
Of his speech daungerous- Of his speech, dangerous
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