Definition of Risque
1. Adjective. Suggestive of sexual impropriety. "Spicy gossip"
Similar to: Sexy
Derivative terms: Gaminess, Raciness, Spiciness
Definition of Risque
1. Adjective. sexually outrageous, perhaps suggestive of sexual impropriety ¹
2. Adjective. Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Risque
1. bordering on impropriety or indecency [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Risque
Literary usage of Risque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comedians All by George Jean Nathan (1919)
"46 The risque Britisher.—It is, generally, as difficult for an English playwright
to be adroitly risque as it is for a married woman. ..."
2. An Essay on the Law of Contracts: For the Payment of Specifick Articles by Daniel Chipman (1822)
"If then a person make a contract for the delivery of specifick articles, for a
particular purpose, and would throw the risque of ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1808)
"... that bench who refus« 1 to sign that instrument, which transferred the crown
to Jane Grey, at the risque, not only of his estate, but of his life also. ..."
4. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... lignum vitae block of parliamentary usurpation over the colonies. consciences.
Resistance to the last extremity, at whatever risque, must be made. ..."
5. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... devoid of risque, or even of the employment of much capital, to the principals,
than (he profits of any real or open trade could possibly admit. ..."
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