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hoyden

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hoy·den  (hoidn)
n.
A high-spirited, boisterous, or saucy girl.
adj.
High-spirited; boisterous.
[From earlier hoyden, a rude youth, probably from Dutch heiden, heathen, boor, from Middle Dutch; see kaito- in Indo-European roots.]
hoyden·ish adj.
hoyden, hoiden [ˈhɔɪdən]
n
a wild boisterous girl; tomboy
[perhaps from Middle Dutch heidijn heathen]
hoydenish , hoidenish adj
hoydenishness , hoidenishness n
hoyden - Can be applied to rude, ignorant people.
See also related terms for rude.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hoyden - a girl who behaves in a boyish mannerhoyden - a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
tomboy, romp
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Translations
hoyden (o.f.) [ˈhɔɪdn] N → marimacho m
hoyden
n → wilde Range (dated), → Wildfang m (dated)
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Miss Matilda, a strapping hoyden of about fourteen, with a short frock and trousers, shrugged her shoulders and made a slight grimace, but took a candle and proceeded before me up the back stairs (a long, steep, double flight), and through a long, narrow passage, to a small but tolerably comfortable room.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
Mary was a little hoyden, and Fred at six years old thought her the nicest girl in the world making her his wife with a brass ring which he had cut from an umbrella.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Jessie, who had been a pretty hoyden years ago herself.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
 
 
 
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