JEOPARDIZE, JEOPARDY
ADJECTIVES
► DISCRIMINOUS full of jeopardy, hazardous, dangerous, perilous → 1666 obs.
► ON THE LINE in jeopardy, at risk, at stake → 1940 US
NOUNS
► JEOPARD jeopardy → a1300 obs.
► JEOPARDOUSNESS jeopardy, hazardousness → 1730 obs.
► VENTURE jeopardy, danger, hazard, or peril; the chance or risk of incurring harm or loss → 1550 obs.
► YEOPARDIE jeopardy → 1535 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► JEOPARDER a person who puts in jeopardy → 1534
VERBS
► HAZARDIZE to jeopardize, to risk; to put in hazard → 1628 obs.
► JEOPARD to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil → c1374
► JEOPARDY to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil → 1460
► PUT IN ADVENTURE to put in jeopardy, to imperil, to risk, to stake → 1297
► PUT THE KIBOSH ON ► PUT THE KYBOSH ON to jeopardize, to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent → 1830s sl.
► PUT THE MOCKERS ON to jeopardize or frustrate someone’s plans; to curse with bad luck → 20C Brit. sl.