raunchy

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.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔːnt͡ʃi/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -ɔːntʃi, -ɑːntʃi

raunchy (comparative raunchier, superlative raunchiest)

1. Smutty; indecent.
2. Lecherous.
3. Sexually seductive.
4. Very low-class; inferior; inadequate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.

• See also Thesaurus:obscene

• raunch

• unchary