OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 31024

precarious

/pɹɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
precario • precípite
Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
Never had he been so fond of this body of his as now when his tenure of it was so precarious.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even…