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raunchiest

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raun⋅chy

  [rawn-chee, rahn-]
–adjective -chi⋅er, -chi⋅est. Informal.
1. vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke.
2. dirty; slovenly; grubby.
3. lecherous.
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Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
raun⋅chi⋅ly, adverb
raun⋅chi⋅ness, noun
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raun·chy   (rôn'chē, rän'-)   
adj.   raun·chi·er, raun·chi·est Slang

    1. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar: "[He] uses language so aggressively raunchy that he seems to be insisting his choice of vocabulary, at least, is no sin" (Wall Street Journal).

    2. Sexually explicit.

    3. Exhibiting lust.

  2. Grimy; unkempt: a raunchy closet full of dirty socks.


[Origin unknown.]
raun'chi·ly adv., raun'chi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
raunchy [ˈrɑntʃi]

and raunchie; ronchie
  1. mod.
    crude; tasteless; bad. : He told a very raunchy story at the party.
  2. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : Those guys were raunchy as hell.
  3. mod.
    sick; ill. : After I ate dinner, my stomach felt a little raunchie, so I went home.
  4. mod.
    untidy; unclean. : We decided to leave the raunchy movie about halfway through.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

raunchy 
1939, "clumsy, careless, sloppy," U.S. Army Air Corps slang, of unknown origin. Origins among cadets in Texas suggest possible connection to Mex.Sp. rancho (see ranch), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864. Sense of "coarse, vulgar, smutty" is from 1967. Raunch (n.) is a 1964 back-formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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