# risqué

Pronunciation: US say "ri-SKAY" /ɹəˈskeɪ/; UK say "RIS-kay" /ˈɹɪskeɪ/

## Adjective

1. Slightly sexually suggestive, in a way that comes close to being improper.
   - Simple: A little rude in a sexual way, but not really shocking.
   - _The play's risqué humor drew nervous laughter from the audience._
   - _Critics called the magazine cover risqué but stopped short of calling it offensive._

## 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').

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