See risqué in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The housewives of Siena could not believe that such a woman could be very important in the world; but beyond the limits of her native town, in Florence, in Rome, Catherine was already famous for her gifts of prophecy. A woman of strong will, rough and risquée of speech, she declared herself appointed of God to achieve the great purpose of her time—the return of the Holy See to Rome.",
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"text": "Fashion magazines and advertising photographers usually cast her [Candy Jones] in tweeds, but she prefers long slinky dresses slit to the knee and black lace stockings. \"I figure I might as well be gay and risquée while I can,\" she says, with a little tremor in her boyish voice. \"I'll be old soon.\"",
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"text": "But despite being the first episode of The Simpsons to feature Marge [Simpson]'s naked butt, there's nothing particularly risque about any of the nudity—if anything, the pitchfork-wielding farmer's threat of \"ass-forking\" feels the most over the line.",
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"text": "The housewives of Siena could not believe that such a woman could be very important in the world; but beyond the limits of her native town, in Florence, in Rome, Catherine was already famous for her gifts of prophecy. A woman of strong will, rough and risquée of speech, she declared herself appointed of God to achieve the great purpose of her time—the return of the Holy See to Rome.",
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"ref": "1943 April 10, Dorothy Kilgallen, “The Magic Moniker”, in Collier’s, volume 111, number 15, Springfield, Oh.: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 51, column 1:",
"text": "Fashion magazines and advertising photographers usually cast her [Candy Jones] in tweeds, but she prefers long slinky dresses slit to the knee and black lace stockings. \"I figure I might as well be gay and risquée while I can,\" she says, with a little tremor in her boyish voice. \"I'll be old soon.\"",
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"ref": "2004, Page Bryant, “A Time for Amulet Making”, in The Second Coming of the Star Gods: A Visionary Novel, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, →ISBN:",
"text": "There was something about Klea that made her different from any other woman Khem and Tiye had met at the Temple. Younger than Taret or Ani, she was more bold and risquée. They sensed that beneath her lighthearted facade was a strong-willed, self-confident initiate who could not be fooled or intimidated.",
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"ref": "2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “An Uneven Season of The Simpsons Streaks to an Excellent Conclusion: ‘Natural Born Kissers’ (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-10-12:",
"text": "But despite being the first episode of The Simpsons to feature Marge [Simpson]'s naked butt, there's nothing particularly risque about any of the nudity—if anything, the pitchfork-wielding farmer's threat of \"ass-forking\" feels the most over the line.",
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"ref": "2023, Kate J. Armstrong, “Jewel, Star, and Sea”, in Nightbirds, Crows Nest, Sydney, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:",
"text": "'Good fashion is never risqué,' she says. 'Only a little daring.'",
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"Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate."
],
"links": [
[
"Slightly",
"slightly"
],
[
"sexually",
"sexually"
],
[
"suggestive",
"suggestive"
],
[
"bordering",
"border#Verb"
],
[
"indelicate",
"indelicate"
]
],
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{
"word": "cheeky"
},
{
"word": "daring"
},
{
"word": "naughty"
},
{
"word": "near the knuckle"
},
{
"word": "racy"
},
{
"word": "rorty"
},
{
"word": "saucy"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪsˈkeɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹiː-/",
"note": "following the French pronunciation",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈskeɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪ-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"text": "-"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "choulostivý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "odvážný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "pikantní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "fræk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "rietas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "rivo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "säädytön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "risqué"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "osé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "gewagt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "schlüpfrig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "osé"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "scabroso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "spinto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "きわどい"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "dristig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "ekvivokk"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "vovet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "nieprzyzwoity"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "malicioso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "atrevido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "subido de tono"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "sugerente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "ekivok"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "slightly sexually suggestive",
"word": "vågad"
}
],
"word": "risqué"
}
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