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risqué, risque (adjective); more risqué, more risque; most risqué, most risque
1. Referring to unacceptable or immoral presentations: The nightclub woman was singing a song with risqué lyrics.
2. Suggestive of or bordering on impropriety or indecency: When Andrew was telling his girlfriend a risqué story, she did not appreciate it and she told him never to do it again.
3. Etymology: from French risqué, a reference to "being indecent or unacceptable"; from risquer, "to risk."
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2. Suggestive of or bordering on impropriety or indecency: When Andrew was telling his girlfriend a risqué story, she did not appreciate it and she told him never to do it again.
3. Etymology: from French risqué, a reference to "being indecent or unacceptable"; from risquer, "to risk."
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