Randy

English

Adjective

Randy (comparative randier, superlative randiest)

1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
2. Rude or coarse in manner, primarily Scottish in usage.

Derived terms

• randiness

Synonyms

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

Noun

Randy (plural Randys)

1. impudent beggar
2. boisterous, coarse, loose woman
3. virago
4. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) one and a half twist acrobatic maneuver

Thesaurus

animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, aroused, bawdy, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, dirty, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fast, fleshly, goatish, gynecomaniacal, horny, hot, hot-blooded, hysteromaniacal, in rut, incontinent, itching, ithyphallic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, lubricious, lustful, nymphomaniacal, obscene, orgasmic, orgastic, passionate, priapic, prurient, rutting, salacious, satyric, sensual, sex-starved, sexual, sexy, steamy, unsatisfied

Alternative forms

• randie, ranty

Pronunciation

• enPR: răn'di, IPA: /ˈrændi/, SAMPA: /"r{ndi/

  Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology

1690, from Scottish randy (“boisterous, aggressive”), of uncertain origin. Probably from rand (“to storm, rave”, v), 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.

Translations

Adjective

sexually aroused

Dutch: geil, (sexueel) opgewonden/ verhit, heet(staand) French: excité (fr) German: (sexuell) erregt, geil

Icelandic: graður (is) m., lostafullur (is) m., lostafenginn (is) m. Portuguese: excitado, com tesão Spanish: cachondo (es), caliente (es)

rude or coarse

Dutch: grof (nl), rauw (nl)

Icelandic: grófur (is) m., ruddalegur (is) m., dónalegur (is) m., illa siðaður (is) m.

Noun

impudent beggar

Dutch: geus (nl)

virago

Dutch: manwijf n., virago

See also

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

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967