jeopardous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdʒɛpərdəs/ UK /ˈdʒepədəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
full of danger or risk; perilous

The climbers undertook a jeopardous ascent up the ice-glazed face.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · full of danger or risk;... perilous dangerous hazardous risky precarious unsafe

Opposites

safe secure

Word family

Derived forms jeopardously

Related forms jeopardy jeopardize

Etymology

From 'jeopardy' + '-ous'; 'jeopardy' from Old French 'jeu parti' ('a divided game, even chance'), from Latin 'iocus' ('game') + 'partitus' ('divided').

jeu parti Old French iocus Latin

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# jeopardous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒɛpərdəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒepədəs/

## Meanings
1. full of danger or risk; perilous

## Examples
- The climbers undertook a jeopardous ascent up the ice-glazed face.

## Synonyms
- perilous
- dangerous
- hazardous
- risky
- precarious
- unsafe

## Antonyms
- safe
- secure

## Derived Forms
- jeopardously

## Related Forms
- jeopardy
- jeopardize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: jeu parti
- Root: iocus

## Etymology
From 'jeopardy' + '-ous'; 'jeopardy' from Old French 'jeu parti' ('a divided game, even chance'), from Latin 'iocus' ('game') + 'partitus' ('divided').

## AI Etymology
Jeopardous comes from 'jeopardy' + '-ous'; 'jeopardy' from Old French 'jeu parti' ('a divided game, even chance'), from Latin 'iocus' ('game') + 'partitus' ('divided'). The etymological trail includes Old French jeu parti, Latin iocus. The same word family includes jeopardously, jeopardy, jeopardize. Its current adjective use means "full of danger or risk; perilous".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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