hoyden

== English == === Alternative forms === hoiden === Etymology === Probably from Middle Dutch heyden (“heathen, gypsy”), heidin (Modern Dutch heiden). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔɪdən/ Rhymes: -ɔɪdən === Noun === hoyden (plural hoydens) (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman. 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers: In Three Volumes, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, OCLC 911659634; republished [London]: D. Campbell Publishers, 1992 (Everyman's Library; 57), ISBN 978-1-85715-057-5, volume II, page 147: 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. === Adjective === hoyden (comparative more hoyden, superlative most hoyden) Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish. === Verb === hoyden (third-person singular simple present hoydens, present participle hoydening, simple past and past participle hoydened) (intransitive) To behave in a hoydenish manner. === Derived terms === === Anagrams === Doheny, dhoney