risqué
ri-SKAY/ɹəˈskeɪ/UKRIS-kay/ˈɹɪskeɪ/
- 1Slightly sexually suggestive, in a way that comes close to being improper.
Like walking right up to a line of good taste without quite stepping over it.
The play's risqué humor drew nervous laughter from the audience.
Critics called the magazine cover risqué but stopped short of calling it offensive.
Similarsuggestive, racy, naughty, saucy, daring
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Origin
Borrowed from French risqué ('risky'), which is the past participle of risquer ('to risk'), from the noun risque ('risk'). This came from Old Italian risco, possibly from Vulgar Latin *resecum or a form of resecare, both from Latin resecō ('to cut loose or off'), from re- plus secō ('to cut').