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Hoyden

//ˈhɔɪdən// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.

    "Many of the country girls I met appeared to me pretty – that is, to have fine complexions, sparkling eyes, and a kind of arch, hoyden playfulness which distinguishes the village coquette."

Noun
  1. 1
    A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman. archaic

    "She is a hoyden, one will say. At any rate she is not a lady, another will exclaim. I have suspected her all through, a third will declare; she has no idea of the dignity of a matron; or of the peculiar propriety which her position demands."

  2. 2
    a girl who behaves in a boyish manner wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To behave in a hoydenish manner. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Middle Dutch heyden (“heathen, gypsy”), heidin (Modern Dutch heiden).

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle Dutch heyden (“heathen, gypsy”), heidin (Modern Dutch heiden).

Etymology 3

Probably from Middle Dutch heyden (“heathen, gypsy”), heidin (Modern Dutch heiden).

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