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Definition of risqué adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

risqué

adjective

/ˈrɪskeɪ/

/rɪˈskeɪ/

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a risqué performance, comment, joke, etc. shocks people slightly, usually because it is about sex

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