rando

random +‎ -o (“(colloquial); person with characteristic”); compare sicko, weirdo. From early 2000s.

rando (comparative more rando, superlative most rando)

1. (colloquial) Random; arbitrary.

rando (plural randos)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.
2. (colloquial) Anything selected at random.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:rando.

• sicko
• weirdo

Borrowed from French randonnée (“hiking”).

rando

1. Pertaining to randonnée or uphill skiing.

• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nardo, Ronda, adorn, and/or, andro, andro-, norad, radon

From German Rand (“edge”).

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• Rhymes: -ando

rando (accusative singular randon, plural randoj, accusative plural randojn)

1. edge

Apocope of randonnée

rando f (plural randos)

1. walk, trek (for pleasure)

• radon