risqué

[ri-skey; Fr. rees-key] Example Sentences

ris·qué

[ri-skey; Fr. rees-key]
adjective
daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.

Origin:
1865–70; < French, past participle of risquer to risk

risky, risqué.


broad, gross, indecent, ribald.

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Risqué is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example Sentences
  • Not many people can talk about so many risque issues with humor and without being offensive.
  • Its risque elements are mild, including a shot of bare buttocks used to good comic effect.
  • Advocates of such laws want to keep the risque covers out of the view of minors.
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risqué (ˈrɪskeɪ)
 
adj
bordering on impropriety or indecency: a risqué joke
 
[C19: from French risquer to hazard, risk]

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