Random

Meaning

Noun

●

;

without

;

or method; chance.

●

Speed,

full

speed

;

impetuosity

, force.

●

1548, Edward Hall, “The

triumphant

reigne

of Kyng Henry the VIII”, in The Union of the two

noble

and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (Hall’s Chronicle),

page

82v: […] for coragiouſly the two

kynges

newely foughte with great

randon

and

force

, they ſhewed their

vigors

and ſtrengthes and did ſo

nobly

that their coũter

parties

had none aduaũtage.

1548, Edward Hall, “The

triumphant

reigne

of Kyng Henry the VIII”, in The Union of the two

noble

and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (Hall’s Chronicle),

page

82v

[…] for coragiouſly the two

kynges

newely foughte with great

randon

and

force

, they ſhewed their

vigors

and ſtrengthes and did ſo

nobly

that their coũter

parties

had none aduaũtage.

●

The

range of a

or other

; hence, the

at which a

the

range.

●

undefined

unknown

unimportant

person; a person of no consequence.

●

In Mining:

The

direction

of a rake-vein.

●

In Printing:

frame

for

composing

type.

Adj

●

Having

and, in the

case, all

;

from such

;

correlation.

●

In Mathematics:

Of or

relating

probability

distribution.

●

In Computing:

Pseudorandom;

mimicking

the result of

random

selection.

●

Representative and

;

and

;

for no particular reason.

●

Apropos of nothing;

;

; having

, cause, or reason.

●

Characterized by or often

things;

using

sequiturs.

●

In British English:

Being

;

;

, bizarre.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

random

English

raundon

Middle English (1100-1500)

randon

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

randir

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Sourced from

Etym

Synonyms

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