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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for May 3, 1999
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periculant [adj. per-IK-you-lunt]
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To be periculant is to be exposed to danger under difficult
conditions. "The periculant survivors of the shipwreck crawled ashore
on the cold, windswept island."
This seldom-used word is a direct offspring of the Latin periculum
(trial, danger), and a close relative of peril (danger). It comes
ultimately from the ancient root per-, which had a meaning something
like "to lead over" or "to press forward," with a sense of trial or
risk.
More words from the same ancient root:
fear: emotion that implies danger is near
pirate: one who emperils (endangers) others in order to gain wealth
experiment: to learn by deliberate trials
experience: apprehension of sensory information
expert: one who knows much about a particular field
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