ran´di|ness

ran´di|ness
rand|y «RAN dee», adjective, rand|i|er, rand|i|est, noun, plural rand|ies.
–adj.
1. boisterous; coarse; disorderly: »

Maire John herself was a randy old lady who would have delighted Apuleius in the days of silver Latin (New Yorker).

2. lewd; lustful: »

... randy and rakish in their sexual appetites (G. S. Fraser).

–n. Scottish.
1. a rude beggar; rough tramp.
2. a virago.
╂[probably < dialectal rand, variant of rant + -y1]
–ran´di|ly, adverb.
–ran´di|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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