Both Uses
precarious
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- Even if they were to leave Europe and inhabit the deserts of the new world, yet one of the first results of those sympathies for which the daemon thirsted would be children, and a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror.†
p. 170.9precarious = unsafe or unsure
- We were not allowed to converse for any length of time, for the precarious state of my health rendered every precaution necessary that could ensure tranquillity.†
p. 185.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(precarious) unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)