Jeopardy

(jĕp'ard-y̆), n. [O. Eng. jupartie, juperti, jeupertys, jeupertye. Some etymologists suppose it to be Fr. j'ai perdu, I have lost, or jeu perdu, a lost game. It is originally, as the spelling in O. Eng. proves, the Fr. jeu parti, an even game, a game in which the chances are even. “Si nous les voyons à jeu parti!”—If we see them at an even game. (Froissart, vol. i. c. 234.) But then it was afterward confounded with the Fr. jeu perdu. Pr. joc partit, jeu parti, and joc perdut, jeu perdu; L. Lat. jocus partitius.] Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger; peril. They were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Syn.—Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See DANGER.