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randy¹

  • /ˈɹændi/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it 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.

adjective randier · randiest · randie · ranty

  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'.

    Similar: horny

  2. Scotland Rude or coarse in manner.

Similar: toey, coarse, rude

noun randies · randie · ranty

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

randy²

  • /ˈɹændi/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it comes from

Clipping of random + -y.

noun randies

  1. obsolete, slang A random.

randy³

  • /ˈɹændi/

Rhymes with -ændi

noun randies

  1. obsolete A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.

Randy⁴

  • /ˈɹændi/

Rhymes with -ændi

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Randall and Randolph, used as a male given name in the US. “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.”
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Miranda. My stepmother, Miranda, known appropriately as Randy, sniffed a couple of times.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ruttish, sexy, horny, aroused, turned on, lascivious, joy, earl, lustful, libidinous, lecherous, salacious, hot, wanton, concupiscent, carnal

adjective

Similar: toey, coarse, rude

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adj rude or coarse

Deutschgrob, gemein

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@misc{randy_2026,
  title = {randy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/randy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}