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kinky

adj
/ˈkɪŋki/

Etymology

From kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).

  1. derived from *gang-✻
  2. inherited from *kinkōną✻
  3. inherited from *kinkōn✻
  4. inherited from *cincian✻
  5. inherited from kinken
  6. suffixed as kinky — “kink + y”

Definitions

  1. Full of kinks

    Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

    • kinky hair

  2. Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and…

    Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

    • Their male customers are often identified as lonely, sleazy, and into kinky sex[…]
    • Scars on my back were revealed from when I was whipped by a sadomasochistic ex-lover. I wondered if it bothered anyone, but it only seemed to make everyone harder than they already were. I was a kinky girl.

  3. Queer

    Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA