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Parlous vs Undefined - What's the difference?

parlous | undefined |

As adjectives the difference between parlous and undefined

is that parlous is attended with peril; dangerous; risky while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

As an adverb parlous

is (archaic) very, extremely.

parlous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Attended with peril; dangerous; risky.
  • The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
  • Dire, terrible, appalling.
  • ''Those manning the facility were in a parlous state.
  • (obsolete) Dangerously clever or cunning.
  • Derived terms

    * parlously

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) Very, extremely.
  • Anagrams

    *

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined