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é

[ ri-skey; French rees-key ]

adjective

  1. daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color:

    a é story.

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é

/ ˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. bordering on impropriety or indecency

    a é joke

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

1865–70; < French, past participle of risquer to risk
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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

C19: from French risquer to hazard, risk
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Example Sentences

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Here are some takeaways from the docuseries that explores how Rockelle went from a child making dance videos to the star of an online empire to a teenager posting risque bedroom selfies.

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But many found it too risque for prime-time TV.

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Experts have underscored how, with the entertainment landscape exploding, digital content creators often feel compelled to push the envelope - even if it means resorting to the é and lewd - just to gain views and virality.

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Instead of pretending to be a snickering outsider cracking é jokes at the stars’ expense, Noah is a fan — that guy who’s as excited as the people watching at home, and occasionally as starstruck, even though he walked among them.

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Ihor Smilyansky, the head of Ukraine's postal company Ukrposhta, acknowledges it was a é step to take.

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