kinky

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkɪŋ.ki/

  Rhymes: -ɪŋki

Adjective

kinky (comparative kinkier, superlative kinkiest)

1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

   kinky hair

2. Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
3. (slang) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
   • 1994, Roberta Perkins, Sex work and sex workers in Australia (page ii)

     Their male customers are often identified as lonely, sleazy and into kinky sex […]

   • 2002, Lyla Verone, The Interview

     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.

Derived terms

• kinkiness

Translations

full of kinks

• Finnish: sykkyräinen (fi), sykeröinen (fi), säkkärä (fi)
• Hungarian: göndör (hu), csomós (hu)

• Latin: cincinnātus (la) m
• Russian: кудрявый (ru) (kudrjávyj) , кучерявый (ru) (kučerjávyj) , курчавый (ru) (kurčávyj) 

queer

• Finnish: outo (fi), omituinen (fi)
• Hungarian: hóbortos (hu), bogaras (hu)

• Russian: эксцентричный (ru) (ekscentríčnyj) , своеобразный (ru) (svojeobráznyj) 

marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior

• Dutch: kinky (nl)
• Hungarian: perverz (hu), szexéhes (hu)
• Norwegian: kinky (no)

• Russian: извращённый (ru) (izvraščónnyj) 
• Swedish: kinky (sv)