1690, from Scottish randy, of uncertain origin. Probably from rand, a variant of rant, see rant; or from rand, 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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