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語源 1

1690, 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 古期英語 rand (“edge, border, margin, rim”). Related to randan.

別の表記

• randie, ranty

形容詞

randy (comparative randier, superlative randiest)

1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

   If you're feeling randy, give me a call and I'll come round and give you some lovin'.

2. (chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.

同意語

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

派生語

名詞

randy (複数形 randies)

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

参照

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

語源 2

Clipping of random +‎ -y.

名詞

randy (複数形 randies)

1. (slang, video games) random

参考

• (video games): random, noob

語源 3

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名詞

randy (複数形 randies)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) one-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver

参考

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

アナグラム

• -andry, Andry