Hoiden
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of hoyden. alt-of, alternative
"Elfride saw her father then, and went away into the wind, being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope, in which gust she had the motions, without the motives, of a hoiden; the grace, without the self-consciousness, of a pirouetter."
- 1 To romp rudely or indecently. archaic
"get a scratch, but we always discovered upon examining, that they had been hoidening with the young apprentices."
- 1 Alternative form of hoyden. alt-of, alternative
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More examples"Elfride saw her father then, and went away into the wind, being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope, in which gust she had the motions, without the motives, of a hoiden; the grace, without the self-consciousness, of a pirouetter."
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