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risque - 3 dictionary results

ris⋅qué

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

Origin:
1865–70; < F, ptp. of risquer to risk


broad, gross, indecent, ribald.
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.]

risque 
"tending toward impropriety," 1867, borrowed from Fr. risqué, pp. of risquer (see risk).
Language Translation for : risque
Spanish: riesgo,
German: das Risiko,
Japanese: 危険
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