See Also: hoyden(1)(dictionary)
hoyden(2)(dictionary)

hoyden(1) (iou)



hoyden noun & adjective. L16.
[Prob. from Middle & mod. Dutch heiden HEATHEN, gypsy.]
A. noun.
A rude or ignorant fellow. L16-E18.
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.