English

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

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