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raunchy

UK/ˈɹɔːn(t)ʃi/ US/ˈɹɔn(t)ʃi/ rare

adjective

1.

earthy and sexually explicit

  • “a raunchy novel”
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2.

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

  • “lewd whisperings of a dirty old man”
  • “an indecent gesture”
  • “obscene telephone calls”
  • “salacious limericks”
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3.

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

  • “a miner”
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Origin

Of unknown etymology. Originally U.S. Army Air Corps slang; origins among cadets in Texas suggest a possible connection to Mexican Spanish rancho (see ranch), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864.

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