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jeopardy

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/UK/ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/US/ˈd͡ʒepədi/

Etymology

From Middle English jupartie, jeupartie (“even chance”), from Anglo-Norman giu parti and Middle French jeu parti (“a divided game, i.e. an even game, an even chance”), from Medieval Latin iocus partītus (“an even chance, an alternative”), from Latin iocus (“jest, play, game”) + partītus, perfect passive participle of partiō (“divide”); see joke and party.

  1. derived from iocus
  2. derived from iocus partītus
  3. derived from jeu parti
  4. derived from giu parti
  5. inherited from jupartie

Definitions

  1. Danger of failure, harm, or loss.

    • The poor condition of the vehicle put its occupants in constant jeopardy.
    • Thus chaunce hath (by exchaunge) the flie ſo trapt, / That ſodainly he loſt his libertee: / The more he wrange, the faſter was he wrapt [in the spider's web] / And all to thencreaſe of his ieoberdee, […]
    • It seemed to me I could do something in that vein with my characters: the ticking clock, dire jeopardy, quick changes of fortune, small acts having huge consequences.

  2. To jeopardize

    To jeopardize; to endanger.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA