HOYDEN meaning: Tomboyish girl; lively and carefree

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hoyden: Merriam-Webster
hoyden: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hoyden: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hoyden: Collins English Dictionary
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Hoyden, hoyden: Wordnik
hoyden: Wiktionary
hoyden: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hoyden: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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hoyden: Online Etymology Dictionary
Hoyden: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
hoyden: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Hoyden: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
Hoyden: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
hoyden: FreeDictionary.org
hoyden: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
hoyden: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hoyden)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
▸ adjective:  Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To behave in a hoydenish manner.

Similar:

tomboy, romp, spirited, hoddydoddy, toady, hoddy-dod, wench, hayseed, hussy, article, more...

Opposite:

gentlewoman, lady, demure

Adjectives:

little, young, lovely, such, fresh, fine, wild, boisterous, common, mere, rustic

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