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risqué
/ ˈrɪskeɪ /
adjective
- bordering on impropriety or indecency
a risqué joke
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of risqué1
Example Sentences
The two have been dating for 10 months, and the pictures have gotten “progressively more risque,” she says.
Risque material can rise above being offensive as long as it's funny.
Jagger initially added some shock value to her image, when taking on the risque Hudson Jeans campaign last summer at 17.
Because it was oh-so- raunchy and the kids today like the risque, and the dirty language and the sexual situations.
So that in writing to you I run the risque of making a breech in the commandment.
I said, like a stag; the simile is a little risque perhaps, as our friend is married; but, never mind!
A society play excellently exemplifies the truth of the adage: "Nothing risque; nothing gained."
See Esquisse dune morale, the chapter on Le risque et la lutte, i. 4.
I would for such means adventure through peril of my modesty; I would risque every thing but real dishonour.
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