/ˈkɪŋki/
OriginFrom kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).
- Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
“kinky hair”
“It seemed that there had never been a time when he had not known this moment of waiting while the packed church paused—the sisters in white, heads raised, the brothers in blue, heads back; the white c”
- informalMarked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
“What had I been expecting, behind that closed door, the first time? At the very least some minor sexual manipulation, some bygone peccadillo now denied him, prohibited by law and punishable by amputat”
“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”
- Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
Formskinkier(comparative) · kinkiest(superlative)