Definition of Kinky

1. Adjective. (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes. "Perverted practices"

Exact synonyms: Perverted
Similar to: Abnormal, Unnatural
Derivative terms: Kink

2. Adjective. (of hair) in small tight curls.
Exact synonyms: Crisp, Frizzly, Frizzy, Nappy
Similar to: Curly
Derivative terms: Frizz, Nap

3. Adjective. Informal terms; strikingly unconventional.
Exact synonyms: Far-out, Offbeat, Quirky, Way-out
Similar to: Unconventional
Derivative terms: Kink, Quirk, Quirkiness

Definition of Kinky

1. a. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.

Definition of Kinky

1. Adjective. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl. ¹

2. Adjective. Queer; eccentric; crotchety. ¹

3. Adjective. (slang) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kinky

1. tightly curled [adj KINKIER, KINKIEST] : KINKILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinky

kinked aorta
kinker
kinkers
kinkier
kinkiest
kinkily
kinkiness
kinkinesses
kinking
kinkle
kinkles
kinkless
kinks
kinksters
kinky hair
kinky hair syndrome
kinless
kinlessness
kinnikinic
kinnikinics
kinnikinnick
kinnikinnicks
kino
kino gum
kinocentrum
kinocilia

Literary usage of Kinky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Kinked, kinky. Twisted in knots. 1801 [Daines Barrington denies that the ... 1848 The kinky-headed cus looked at me sideways, and rolled the whites of his ..."

2. Holm's Race Assimilation; Or, The Fading Leopard's Spots; a Complete by John James Holm (1910)
"The kinky-haired branch of the Hamitic race originally occupied but a small ... We have reasons to believe that this kinky-haired branch scarcely existed on ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"We girls arc all for a Union, Where a marked distinction is hud Between the rights of the mistress, And those of the kinky-haired maid. ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"kinky sympathetically agreed it was, and offered to do anything I could ... kinky meant this as a compliment ; it was his crude way of saying I had a ..."

5. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by United States President, James Daniel Richardson, United States Congress. Joint Committee on Printing (1908)
"William Me kinky Township 40 North, Range 40 East. 3" SW Ji SE J* of Sec. ii; NW ^ NE »4' of, E ',, SE »< of Sec. 19; SM NE *£, S , NW J^ and S % of Sec. ..."

6. Dictionary of Americanisms. by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"kinky. Queer, eccentric, crotchety. Kinnikinnick. An Indian word for a preparation of tobacco, sumac- leaves, and willow twigs, two-thirds tobacco and one ..."

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