PRONUNCIATION:

(ri-SKAY) 

MEANING:

adjective: Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety, especially in a se xually suggestive manner.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Fremch risqué (risky), past participle of risquer (to risk). Earliest documented use: 1867.

USAGE:

“A woman who was fired from her job at a NY lingerie business says she was fired because her employer complained her work attire was too risque.”
Lingerie Employee Fired for Risque Attire; Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); May 23, 2012.

“The normally pristine Senator Evan Bayh made a risqué joke about a fellow Indianan from a town called French Lick.”
Sleepless in Manhattan; The Economist (London, UK); Aug 1, 2002.