† radgen.1
Obsolete. rare.
A kind of duck; (perhaps) the gadwall, Anas strepera. Cf. rodge n.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas strepera (gadwall)
radge1620
gadwall1666
grey1673
rodge1678
Welsh drake1844
speckle-belly1874
grey duck1885
1620 T. Venner 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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
radgeadj.n.2
/radʒ/, U.S. /rædʒ/, Scottish English /radʒ/ British regional and slang (now chiefly Scottish (eastern)).
A. adj.
Extremely angry, enraged; wild, violent; mad, crazy.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective]
outragea1325
violentc1384
boistousa1387
outrageousc1390
outraiousc1390
harageous?a1400
hetera1400
methelessc1400
ruffian1528
termagant1546
sore1565
ruffianly1570
boisterous1581
violousa1626
tory-rory1678
plug-ugly1857
radge1857
amok1868
tough1884
roughhouse1896
butch1939
shit-kicking1953
hard-ass1967
tasty1974
1857 J. Sullivan Cumberland & Westmorland 88 A radge man.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 245 Radge, very angry; mad with rage.
1994 I. Welsh Acid House 48 They're radge, the Doyles, every fucker in the scheme kens that.
2000 M. Herman Purely Belter 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.
2015 R. Wilson in Herald (Glasgow) 30 Dec. 15/6 A wild mob they wir, richt radge an randie.
B. n.2
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’ in use in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Lanarkshire, and Selkirkshire in 1967.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person
tyrant1377
routera1500
termagant1508
ruffy?a1513
ruffiana1525
pander1593
thunderbolt1593
bully1604
ruffiano1611
tearer1633
violentoa1661
boy1662
violent1667
hardhead1774
Arab1788
ring-tailed roarer1828
blood-tub1853
tornado1863
stormer1886
hooligan1898
Apache1902
ned1910
rough-up1911
radge1923
goonda1926
pretty-boy1931
tough baby1932
bad-john1935
hoon1938
shit-kicker1954
tough boy1958
oafo1959
ass-kicker1962
droog1962
trog1983
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman
queanOE
whorec1175
malkinc1275
wenchelc1300
ribalda1350
strumpeta1350
wench1362
filtha1375
parnelc1390
sinner14..
callet1415
slut?c1425
tickle-tailc1430
harlot?a1475
mignote1489
kittock?a1500
mulea1513
trulla1516
trully?1515
danta1529
miswoman1528
stewed whore1532
Tib1533
unchaghe1534
flag1535
Katy1535
jillet1541
yaud1545
housewife1546
trinkletc1550
whippet1550
Canace1551
filthy1553
Jezebel1558
kittyc1560
loonc1560
laced mutton1563
nymph1563
limmer1566
tomboy1566
Marian1567
mort1567
cockatrice1568
franion1571
blowze1573
rannell1573
rig1575
Kita1577
poplet1577
light-skirts1578
pucelle1578
harlotry1584
light o' lovea1586
driggle-draggle1588
wagtail1592
tub-tail1595
flirt-gill1597
minx1598
hilding1599
short-heels1599
bona-roba1600
flirt1600
Hiren1600
light-heels1602
roba1602
baggage1603
cousin1604
fricatrice1607
rumbelow1611
amorosa1615
jaya1616
open-taila1618
succubus1622
snaphancea1625
flap1631
buttered bun1638
puffkin1639
vizard1652
fallen woman1659
tomrigg1662
cunt1663
quaedama1670
jilt1672
crack1677
grass-girl1691
sporting girl1694
sportswoman1705
mobbed hood1707
brim1736
trollop1742
trub1746
demi-rep1749
gillyflower1757
lady of easy virtue1766
mot1773
chicken1782
gammerstang1788
buer1807
scarlet woman1816
blowen1819
fie-fie1820
shickster?1834
streel1842
charver1846
trolly1854
bad girl1855
amateur1862
anonyma1862
demi-virgin1864
pickup1871
chippy1885
wish-wife1886
tart1887
tartleta1890
flossy1893
fly girl1893
demi-mondaine1894
floozy1899
slattern1899
scrub1900
demi-vierge1908
cake1909
coozie1912
muff1914
tarty1918
yes-girl1920
radge1923
bike1945
puta1948
messer1951
cooze1955
jamette1965
skeezer1986
slutbag1987
chickenhead1988
ho1988
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 245 Radge, a loose-living woman.
1990 S. 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.
1993 I. 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.
1997 I. 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.
2002 L. Hird in A. Searle Hope that kills Us (2003) 57 This was Ronnie's pub. These radges were his real family.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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