risqué

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪskeɪ/ /ɹɪsˈkeɪ/ /ɹiː-/ /ɹəˈskeɪ/ /ɹɪ-/ En-us-risque.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-risqué.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-risqué.wav

Word forms

risqué more risqué most risqué risque risquée

Etymology

Borrowed from French risqué (“risky”), an adjective use of the past participle of risquer (“to put at risk; to risk”), from risque (“risk”, noun) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Risque is derived from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio), possibly a deverbal from resecare or from Vulgar Latin *resecum, both from Latin resecō (“to cut loose or off, etc.”), from re- (intensifying prefix) + secō (“to cut; to cut off”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut; to cut off, sever”)).

Synonyms

cheeky suggestive daring naughty near the knuckle racy rorty saucy

Antonyms

unrisqué

Derived words

risquéness

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