risque

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A form of risqué — Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate.

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OriginMiddle French risque →
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Meanings

risque1

adjectiverisque (comparative more risque, superlative most risque)

comparative more risque · superlative most risque

  1. USalternativeAlternative form of risqué.

    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.

    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 12 Oct 2021

risque2

nounrisque (countable and uncountable, plural risques)

plural risques

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of risk.
verbrisque (third-person singular simple present risques, present participle risquing, simple past and past participle risqued)

present singular third person risques · participle present risquing · participle past risqued · past risqued

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of risk.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesuggestive of sexual impropriety

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

risque · adjective

See risqué.

Full word history & related roots →

risque · noun, verb

  1. Middle Frenchrisque
  2. Middle Frenchrisque
  3. Englishrisque

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

squiresquier
Cite this entry
APA

risque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risque

MLA

“risque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risque. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risque.

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