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Synonyms for risqué


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-skey; French rees-key
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈskeɪ; French risˈkeɪ

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Définition of risqué

Origin :
  • "tending toward impropriety," 1867, from French risqué, past participle of risquer "to risk" (see risk (v.)).
  • adj improper, referring to sex
Example sentences :
  • O my dearest, dearest life, let me beseech you not to run a risque of this consequence.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But however that be, a man must run the risque, for he must preserve his honour.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling » by Henry Fielding
  • You can give Mrs. Blair all the risque Paris gossip at dinner.
  • Extract from : « McAllister and His Double » by Arthur Train
  • He accepted the Wager, and won it at the Risque of his Life.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II » by Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
  • Here sex is exploited to the point of the risque and sometimes beyond it.
  • Extract from : « The Nervous Housewife » by Abraham Myerson
  • So that in writing to you I run the risque of making a breech in the commandment.
  • Extract from : « Andrew Marvell » by Augustine Birrell
  • But I will not risque to say on which they dwelt with most relish, ye discourse or ye dinner.
  • Extract from : « Sabbath in Puritan New England » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Consider what a risque 219 the Government runs of losing a number of valuable settlers.
  • Extract from : « Glimpses of the Past » by W. O. Raymond
  • His companions looked upon the enterprize as too hazardous, and could not think at all of running such a risque.
  • Extract from : « The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 » by Robert Forbes
  • In so doing they could have made a summer campaign without running the risque of any misfortune.
  • Extract from : « The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 » by Robert Forbes
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