randy

Meaning

Translations

com tesão

ασελγής

πρόστυχος

ασυγκράτητος

αγροίκος

άγριος

λάγνος

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹændi/
Etymology

In summary

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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