Hildabeast
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford. humorous
"Go to a party. Half the college was there. Write for a student rag. Hildabeasts were running the show. Act, row, you couldn’t escape them. In a nice normal mixed college like Lincoln, they all spent three years in the bar wrestling with knot theory and acne. In St Hilda’s we’d written the book, got the doctorate and gone out clubbing."
- 1 Alternative spelling of Hildebeast. US, alt-of, alternative, derogatory
"If a person like Hildabeast can run with all the criminal activity she’s involved in, all hope is lost."
Synonyms
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More examples"Go to a party. Half the college was there. Write for a student rag. Hildabeasts were running the show. Act, row, you couldn’t escape them. In a nice normal mixed college like Lincoln, they all spent three years in the bar wrestling with knot theory and acne. In St Hilda’s we’d written the book, got the doctorate and gone out clubbing."
Etymology
Blend of Hilda + wildebeest, beast.
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