Etymology

discriminous

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Today it means: hazardous; dangerous Full definition →

Latin discriminosus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdiscriminosus
  2. English todaydiscriminous

Borrowed from Latin discriminosus, from discrimen (“the dangerous, decisive moment”). See discriminate (adjective).

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