parlous vs some

parlous

adj
  • Attended with peril; dangerous, risky. 

  • Appalling, dire, terrible. 

some

pron
  • An indefinite quantity. 

  • An indefinite amount, a part. 

  • A certain number, at least two. 

adv
  • Of a measurement: approximately, roughly. 

  • To a certain extent, or for a certain period. 

det
  • An unspecified amount of (something uncountable). 

  • A certain, an unspecified or unknown. 

  • A considerable quantity or number of. 

  • approximately, about (with a number). 

  • A certain proportion of, at least two. 

  • An unspecified quantity or number of. 

  • A remarkable. 

How often have the words parlous and some occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )