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randy.

Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɹændi/
  1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

    UK · informal
    If you're feeling randy, give me a call and I'll come round and give you some hot lovin'.
  2. Rude or coarse in manner.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈɹændi/
  1. An impudent beggar.

    obsolete
  2. A boisterous, coarse, loose woman.

    obsolete
  3. A virago.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈɹændi/
  1. A random.

    obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

Clipping of random + -y.

noun/ˈɹændi/
  1. A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.

    obsolete
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