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rand⋅y

  [ran-dee] adjective, rand⋅i⋅er, rand⋅i⋅est, noun, plural rand⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
2. Chiefly Scot. rude and aggressive.
–noun
3. Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
Origin:
1690–1700; rand (obs. var. of rant ) + -y 1

Related forms:
rand⋅i⋅ness, noun

Ran⋅dy

  [ran-dee]
–noun
1. a male given name, form of Randall or Randolph.
2. a female given name.
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ran·dy   (rān'dē)   
adj.   ran·di·er, ran·di·est
    1. Lascivious; lecherous.
    2. Of or characterized by frank, uninhibited sexuality.
  2. Scots Ill-mannered.

[Possibly from obsolete rand, to rant, from obsolete Dutch randen, ranten.]
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randy 
1698, Scottish, "aggressive, boisterous," originally of beggars, later especially of women, probably from rand "to rave" (see rant). Sense of "lewd, lustful" first recorded 1847.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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