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ris⋅qué

  [ri-skey; Fr. rees-key]
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–adjective
daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
Origin:
1865–70; < F, ptp. of risquer to risk

Synonyms:
broad, gross, indecent, ribald.
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ris·qué   (rĭs-kā')   
adj.  Suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety.

[French, from past participle of risquer, to risk, from risque, risk; see risk.]
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Word Origin & History

risque 
"tending toward impropriety," 1867, borrowed from Fr. risqué, pp. of risquer (see risk).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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