kinky

From kink +‎ -y.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋ.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋki

kinky (comparative kinkier, superlative kinkiest)

1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

   kinky hair

2. (slang) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
   • 1985, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale:

     To be asked to play Scrabble... seemed kinky in the extreme...

   • 1994, Roberta Perkins, Sex Work and Sex Workers in Australia, p. 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.

3. Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

• normophilic

• kinkiness