randy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
  2. Rude or coarse in manner.
noun
  1. An impudent beggar.
  2. A boisterous, coarse, loose woman.
  3. A virago.
noun
  1. A random.
noun
  1. A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Randall or Randolph, used as a male given name in the US.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Miranda.

Pronunciation

răn'di /ˈɹændi/ Randy.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-randy.wav

Word forms

randy randier randiest randie ranty randies

Etymology

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.

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