In any case, delay was Jeopardous, and, moreover, our food supply did not permit our taking time to inspect the new land.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Constant experience with Jeopardous tasks has eliminated the human fear of danger, and even death, in its most tragic shapes, by long association has lost its terrors.
"The Eternal Maiden"
T. Everett Harré