hoyden
[noun]
Synonyms: tomboy, gamine

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hoyden noun & adjective. ['hɔɪd(ǝ)n] L16.
[Prob. from Middle & mod. Dutch heiden HEATHEN, gypsy.]
A. noun.
1. A rude or ignorant fellow. L16-E18.

2. A noisy, rude, or (esp.) boisterous girl or woman. L17.
■ B. Guest She leaped over stiles in the fields, a hoyden, careless of her dress.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hoyden. E18.

■ hoydenish adjective behaving like or having the character of a hoyden; = HOYDEN adjective: L18.

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hoyden verb intrans. ['hɔɪd(ǝ)n] Now rare. E18.
[from the noun.]
Behave like a hoyden.

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