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risqué
/ ˈrɪskeɪ /
adjective
- bordering on impropriety or indecency
a risqué joke
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of risqué1
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Example Sentences
Coded references to risqué and sexual matters were catnip to the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.
I ask Peggy if she ever has hesitations about selling risqué items for less than kosher purposes.
Her risqué get-up obviously made it challenging for people to believe that she had any abilities at all.
In among the gay bars and risqué bookshops, Hamza started working on the fringes of the sex industry.
While the topics are often risqué, the show has a strong social message.
Elders of threescore demand an entrance upon the strength of risqué stories sprung from garrison-towns and college common-rooms.
She was still healthy-minded enough to find romance more satisfying than the vulgar realism of the modern risqué novel.
She labored under the pleasing conviction that his risqué remarks were invariably inspired by memories of her.
Aunt Delia McCormick told her parrot story, which was risqué, even when no gentlemen were present, for the parrot said "damn it!"
She can sing French songs, probably those which are rather risqué.
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