hoyden
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- hoydenish adjective
- hoydenishness noun
- hoydenism noun
Etymology
Origin of hoyden
1585–95; perhaps < Middle Dutch heyden boor, heathen
Example Sentences
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Ms. Peters is neither the hoyden type nor the winking type, at least not since her days as a self-parodying chorine.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2018
But women soon decided she was an impossible mixture of bluestocking and hoyden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two for the Seesaw balances a downhearted Omaha lawyer, looking for a divorce, with a Bronx-to-Bohemia hoyden, in a funny, moving glimpse of offbeat New York life; with Dana Andrews and Anne Bancroft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Underneath the hoyden there is a serious and remarkably mature young woman who knows exactly what she wants.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was still a hoyden girl of fourteen in spite of her womanly status.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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