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/jep"euhr deuhs/, adj.perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.[1425-75; late ME j(e)upartous, equiv. to j(e)upart(i) JEOPARDY + -ous -OUS]
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Jeopardous — Jeop ard*ous, a. Perilous; hazardous. [1913 Webster] His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise. Fuller. {Jeop ard*ous*ly}, adv. Huloet. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jeopardous — index noxious, precarious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
jeopardous — dəs adjective Etymology: Middle English jupartous, jeopartous, from jupartie, jeopartie + ous : marked by risk or danger : perilous, hazardous takes such jeopardous episodes philosophically … as occupational liabilities Natural History … Useful english dictionary
jeopardous — adjective Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous … Wiktionary
jeopardous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Involving possible risk, loss, or injury: adventurous, chancy, dangerous, hazardous, parlous, perilous, risky, treacherous, unsafe, venturesome, venturous. Slang: hairy. See SAFETY … English dictionary for students
jeopardous — adj. dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous … English contemporary dictionary
jeopardous — jeop·ar·dous … English syllables
Jeopardously — Jeopardous Jeop ard*ous, a. Perilous; hazardous. [1913 Webster] His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise. Fuller. {Jeop ard*ous*ly}, adv. Huloet. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dangerous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not safe] Syn. perilous, unsafe, hazardous, risky, precarious, treacherous, unprotected, unshielded, unsheltered, critical, serious, vulnerable, exposed, involving risk, full of risk, threatening, alarming, portentous,… … English dictionary for students
unsafe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insecure, precarious, dangerous, risky, perilous; untrustworthy. See danger. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hazardous, perilous, jeopardous, risky, threatening, treacherous, fearsome, unreliable,… … English dictionary for students
