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▪ I. † radge Obs. rare—1.
A species of duck; perh. the gadwall. (Cf. rodge.)
1620Venner Via Recta iii. 65 The Radge is next vnto Teale in goodnes: But yet there is great difference in the nourishment which they make... Neither is the Radge so pleasant to the taste..as the Teale.
▪ II. radge, a. and n.2 Brit. regional and slang (now chiefly Sc.).
Brit. |radʒ|, U.S. |rædʒ|, Sc. |radʒ|
[Apparently originally a variant of rage adj. Compare radgie adj.]
A. adj. Extremely angry, enraged; wild, violent; mad, crazy.
1857J. Sullivan Cumberland & Westmorland 88 A radge man. 1923G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 245 Radge, very angry; mad with rage. 1994I. Welsh Acid House 48 They're radge, the Doyles, every fucker in the scheme kens that. 2000M. Herman Purely Belter (film script) 18 Fourteen of 'em there was in the house last night. They stink an'all. Crap all over. But I can't do owt about it. He goes radge if I mention it.
B. n. In early use: a lascivious woman. Now: a mad or violent person; an idiot; (also in weakened use) a person.
Sc. National Dict. (1968) records the sense ‘a loose-living woman’ as being in use in Aberdeen, Argyllshire, Lanark, and Selkirk in 1967.
1923G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 245 Radge, a loose-living woman. 1990S. Robertson Fish-Hooses (1992) 38 Here, let mi tell ye aboot a peer loonie I kent and abody made a radge oot of him cos he wis a bittie queer-looking. 1993I. Welsh Trainspotting 172 That's the spirit Franco, Sick Boy slapped Begbie on the back, tryin tae encourage the radge, tae gie him mair rope so that he'll come oot with another crass Begbie classic or two. 1997I. Rankin Black & Blue (1998) xxx. 436 He'd rung Burke's, the barside payphone, asked a punter what time the place shut. ‘Party's nearly finished, ya radge!’ Phone slammed home. 2002L. Hird in A. Searle Hope that kills Us (2003) 57 This was Ronnie's pub. These radges were his real family. |