Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
risk . - Audacious; on the edge of indecency; of doubtful morality; intentionally suggestive of impropriety.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Suggestive of
sexual impropriety ;bordering on theindelicate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of risquer, to risk, from risque, risk; see risk.]
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Borrowing from French risqué, from risquer ("to risk")
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