Parlous vs Parous - What's the difference?
parlous | parous |
Attended with peril; dangerous; risky.
Dire, terrible, appalling.
(obsolete) Dangerously clever or cunning.
(archaic) Very, extremely.
Having given birth.
*{{quote-journal, 2007, date=December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg and Garrett Griffin, Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural Plasticity across the Lifespan in the Rat, Archives of Sexual Behavior, url=, doi=10.1007/s10508-007-9277-x, volume=37, issue=1, pages=
, passage=Further changes in neurochemistry in pregnant/parous females (e.g., changes in neuropeptides, opioids, neurotransmitters, etc.; Bridges, Felicio, Pellerin, Stuer, & Mann 1993 ; Keverne & Kendrick, 1990 ; Kinsley & Bridges, 1988 ), may render neurons from a pregnant or lactating female substantially different in form and function than those taken from NULL females. }}
As adjectives the difference between parlous and parous
is that parlous is attended with peril; dangerous; risky while parous is having given birth.As an adverb parlous
is (archaic) very, extremely.parlous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
- ''Those manning the facility were in a parlous state.