means Peril is serious danger — the immediate risk of harm, loss, or death.

from From Old French 'peril,' descended from Latin 'periculum,' meaning trial, danger, or risk. That Latin word is built on the root 'per-,' tied to ideas of trying, venturing, and going through — the same family that gives us 'experience' and 'experiment.' The thread running through all of them: to truly learn something, you have to risk it, and risk has teeth.