HOYDEN


Meaning of HOYDEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯi-d ə n ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from obsolete Dutch heiden country lout, from Middle Dutch, heathen; akin to Old English hǣthen heathen

Date: 1676

: a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior

• hoy·den·ish -ish adjective

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