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kinky

[king-kee]

Origin

adjective, kink·i·er, kink·i·est.

full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.

(of hair) closely or tightly curled.

Slang. marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, or the like.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; kink + -y¹

Related forms

kink·i·ly, adverb

kink·i·ness, noun

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kinky (ˈkɪŋkɪ)

—*adj* , kinkier, kinkiest
1.	slang given to unusual, abnormal, or deviant sexual practices
2.	informal exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; quirky; eccentric
3.	informal attractive or provocative in a bizarre way: kinky clothes
4.	tangled or tightly looped, as a wire or rope
5.	tightly curled, as hair

'kinkily

—*adv*

'kinkiness

—n

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Word Origin & History

kinky

1844, "full of kinks," from kink. Meaning "odd, eccentric" is from 1889; that of "sexually perverted" is from 1959.

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kinky definition

and bent; twisted

mod.
having to do with someone or something strange or weird. : The guy is so kinky that everyone avoids him.
mod.
having to do with unconventional sexual acts or people who perform them. : She seems to have a morbid interest in kinky stuff.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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