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‖ risqué, a.|ˈriːskeɪ, ˈrɪskeɪ|
Also risque.
[Fr., pa. pple. of risquer risk v.]
= risky a. 3.
1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. iv. 121 She..sang..the most wicked and risqué of her slang songs. Ibid. viii. 207 It was..too simple, too little risqué. A child might do it. 1894A. Beardsley Let. c 3 Jan. (1970) 61 Our idea [in starting The Yellow Book] is that many brilliant story painters and picture writers cannot get their best stuff accepted in the conventional magazine, either because they are not topical or perhaps a little risqué. 1899J. London Let. 30 Mar. (1966) 26 Our magazines are so goody-goody, that I wonder they would permit a thing as risque and as good as that. 1913E. Pound Let. 30 Mar. (1971) 18 Again to your note: ‘Risqué.’ Now really!!! Do you apply that term to all nude statuary? I admit the verse ‘To Another Man on his Wife’ might deserve it, but you're not including that. Surely you don't regard the Elizabethans as ‘risqué’? 1924Brit. Weekly 18 Dec. 301/3 In remote corners others are reading risqué novels with a sex interest. 1952Scrutiny XVIII. 317 Not infrequently Mr. Auden seems to be trying to atone for this by indulging in slightly risqués side⁓glances. 1962V. Connaught Secret Heart of Princess Alexandra i. 15 She enjoys a good joke, even if it is a little risqué, provided it is well told. 1975Country Life 25 Dec. 1804/1 Directors were turning out sophisticated, risqué social comedies. |