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é

[ri-skey, 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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of é1

1865–70; < French, past participle of risquer to risk
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of é1

C19: from French risquer to hazard, risk
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The audience members laughing the hardest on a recent visit to the Lyceum Theatre were the older married couples who found it é enough to enjoy but not so é that it might upend their thinking of right and wrong.

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That same month, the BBC said it received multiple complaints about the é comedian relating to his workplace conduct when he hosted radio programs from 2006 to 2008.

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As it turns out, the outfit also ended up being too é for MTV.

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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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