randy

See also: Randy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: răn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈɹændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

First use appears c. 1665 in a letter by the Earl of Argyll. From Scottish randy (“boisterous, aggressive”), of uncertain origin. Probably from rand (“to storm, rave”, verb), a variant of rant, see rant; or from rand (“edge”, noun), in the sense of "edgy, on edge", from Middle English rand (“edge, brink, margin, border”), from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim”). Related to randan.

Alternative forms

• randie, ranty

Adjective

randy (comparative randier, superlative randiest)

1. (UK, informal) Sexually aroused; full of lust.

   If you're feeling randy, give me a call and I'll come round and give you some hot lovin'.

   • 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 36:

     Of course, the Greeks were quite the randy bunch themselves. “Anything goes!” was their motto and they lived up to it. It’s amazing that Plato, Aristotle and Socrates got any philosophizing done at all, what with all the lewd and lascivious behavior going on.

2. (chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.

Synonyms

• (sexually aroused): horny, toey; see also Thesaurus:sexually aroused
• coarse, rude

Derived terms

• randily
• randiness
• randy-dandy
• randy mandies
• unrandy

Translations

sexually aroused — see aroused,‎ horny

rude or coarse

• Dutch: grof (nl), rauw (nl)
• German: grob (de), gemein (de)
• Icelandic: grófur m, ruddalegur (is) m, dónalegur (is) m, illa siðaður m
• Swedish: grov (sv), bufflig (sv)

Noun

randy (plural randies) (obsolete)

1. An impudent beggar.
2. A boisterous, coarse, loose woman.
3. A virago.

Translations

impudent beggar

• Dutch: geus (nl)

virago

• Dutch: manwijf (nl) n, virago (nl)

References

• “randy” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Clipping of random +‎ -y.

Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. (slang, video games) A random.

See also

• (video games): random, noob

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.

See also

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, hurricane

Anagrams

• -andry, Andry