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riskish

riskish adjective: risky.

Adjective

riskish (comparative more riskish, superlative most riskish)

  1. risky
    • Saw-grinders (a riskish and dirty trade)1874, American Artisan and Illustrated Journal of Popular Science, page 219

Forms of riskish

comparativemore riskish
superlativemost riskish

Origin of riskish

From risk + -ish.

Questions about riskish

What does riskish mean?
Riskish means risky.
What part of speech is riskish?
Riskish is an adjective.

Words near riskish in the dictionary

  1. risking life and limb
  2. risking one's life
  3. risking one's life and limb
  4. risking one's neck
  5. riskings
  6. riskish
  7. riskless
  8. risklessness
  9. Risko
  10. Riskos
  11. riskproof

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