dangerous (adj.)
c. 1200, daungerous, "difficult to deal with, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-French dangerous, Old French dangeros (12c., Modern French dangereux), from danger "power, power to harm, mastery, authority, control" (see danger).
In Chaucer, it can mean "hard to please; reluctant to give; overbearing." The modern sense of "involving danger, hazardous, unsafe, risky, liable to inflict injury or harm" is from c. 1400. Other words formerly used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s).
I’m not sure coming here
was such a good idea.
Sounds like it didn’t go so badly.
She took the map off The Ship when
I explicitly told her not to.
Well, maybe she just needed
some space to think.
The Meta-Crisis Doctor :
‘More clearly’, according
to Lady Wren.
See? There you go.
Everything’s gonna be fine.
I don’t understand why things
have to be so difficult.
Well, considering your history,
I’d say that’s expected.
But you and I both know Sabine
gives you the best chance
of reading that map.
You’re right.
I just wish she had
changed a little.
But she’s still just as stubborn
and bullish as ever.
She’s Mandalorian.
You knew what you
were getting into.
I thought I did.
Things didn’t turn out the way
either of us wanted.
Mentoring someone is a challenge.
I bet your Master found
you difficult at times.
Anakin never got to
finish my training.
Before the end of The Clone Wars,
I walked away from him.
And The Jedi.
Just like I walked
away from Sabine.
I’m sure you had your reasons.
Sometimes even the right reasons
have the wrong consequences.
What do we do then?
dangerous (adj.)
c. 1200, daungerous, "difficult to deal with, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-French dangerous, Old French dangeros (12c., Modern French dangereux), from danger "power, power to harm, mastery, authority, control" (see danger).
In Chaucer, it can mean "hard to please; reluctant to give; overbearing." The modern sense of "involving danger, hazardous, unsafe, risky, liable to inflict injury or harm" is from c. 1400. Other words formerly used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s).
Related: Dangerously.
danger (n.)
mid-13c., daunger, "arrogance, insolence;" c. 1300, "power of a lord or master, jurisdiction," from Anglo-French daunger, Old French dangier "power, power to harm, mastery, authority, control" (12c., Modern French danger), alteration (due to association with damnum) of dongier, from Vulgar Latin *dominarium "power of A Lord," from Latin dominus "Lord, Master," from domus "house" (from PIE root *dem- "house, household").
Modern sense of "risk, peril, exposure to injury, loss, pain, etc." (from being in the control of someone or something else) evolved first in French and was in English by late 14c. For this, Old English had pleoh; in early Middle English this sense is found in peril. For sound changes, compare dungeon, which is from the same source.
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perilous (adj.)
c. 1300, "full of danger; risky; involving exposure to death, destruction or injury," also "spiritually dangerous," from Old French perillos "perilous, dangerous" (Modern French périlleux), from Latin periculosus "dangerous, hazardous," from periculum "a danger, attempt, risk," with instrumentive suffix -culum and first element from PIE *peri-tlo-, suffixed form of root *per- (3) "to try, risk." In Arthurian romances, the sege perilous (c. 1400) was the seat reserved for the knight who should achieve the quest of the Grail. Related: Perilously; perilousness.
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*dem-
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "house, household." It represents the usual Indo-European word for "house" (Italian, Spanish casa are from Latin casa "cottage, hut;" Germanic *hus is of obscure origin).
It might form all or part of: Anno Domini; belladonna; condominium; dame; damsel; dan "title of address to members of religious orders;" danger; dangerous; demesne; despot; Dom Perignon; domain; dome; domestic; domesticate; domicile; dominate; domination; dominion; domino; don (n.) "Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese title of respect;" Donna; dungeon; ma'am; madam; madame; mademoiselle; madonna; major-domo; predominant; predominate; timber; toft.
It might also be the source of: Sanskrit damah "house;" Avestan demana- "house;" Greek domos "house," despotēs "master, lord;" Latin domus "house," dominus "master of a household;" Armenian tanu-ter "house-lord;" Old Church Slavonic domu, Russian dom "house;" Lithuanian dimstis "enclosed court, property;" Old Norse topt "homestead."
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Scylla(n.)
female sea-monster in the Strait of Messina, presiding genius of a dangerous rock in the passage, from Latinized form of Greek Skylla, Skyllē, a name of unknown origin, traditionally associated with skylax "a young dog, dog," from skyllein "to tear." Compare Charybdis.
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lubricant(adj.)
"reducing friction," 1809, from Latin lubricantem (nominative lubricans), present participle of lubricare "to make slippery or smooth," from lubricus "slippery; easily moved, sliding, gliding;" figuratively "uncertain, hazardous, dangerous; seductive," from PIE *leubh-ro-, suffixed form of root *sleubh- "to slip, slide."
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Celebes
old name for modern Sulawesi (which itself might be a native corruption of Celebes) in Indonesia, first used by Portuguese, 1512, perhaps from Os Célebres "the famous ones," a name given by navigators to the dangerous capes on the island's northeast coast.
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widow-maker(n.)
"something lethally dangerous to men" (war, the sea, dangerous machinery, etc.), "something that makes widows by bereaving women of husbands;" 1590s, from widow (n.) + maker.
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pestilent(adj.)
late 14c., "contaminated with dangerous disease; deadly, poisonous," from Latin pestilentem (nominative pestilens) "infected, unhealthy," from pestilis "of the nature of a plague," from pestis "deadly contagious disease" (see pest (n.)). Transferred sense of "mischievous, pernicious, hurtful to health or morals" is from 1510s; weakened sense of "troublesome" is from 1590s. Related: Pestilently.
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tightrope(n.)
also tight-rope, "tensely stretched rope on which an acrobat performs dextrous feats," 1801, from tight (adj.) + rope (n.). So called for being tensely stretched. Compare funambulist. Tight-rope walk (n.) in the figurative sense "dangerous act requiring skill and finesse" is by 1928.
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