Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete spelling of risk.
- Audacious; on the edge of indecency; of doubtful morality; intentionally suggestive of impropriety.
Wiktionary
- adj. Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French risqué, from risquer ("to risk") (Wiktionary)
- French, from past participle of risquer, to risk, from risque, risk; see risk. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Interesting words
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Loan words from French
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GRE Words From GRE Tests
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English with Tongue
French words and phrases used by English speakers.
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dharma66's list
words that pique my interest either by meaning, pronunciation, or spelling, and words that otherwise tickle my fancy!!
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Morthalion's Words
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favorite words
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Tamara's Words
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autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
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