Definition of Hoyden

1. Noun. A girl who behaves in a boyish manner.

Exact synonyms: Romp, Tomboy
Generic synonyms: Fille, Girl, Miss, Missy, Young Lady, Young Woman

Definition of Hoyden

1. n. Same as Hoiden.

Definition of Hoyden

1. Noun. (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman. ¹

2. Adjective. Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoyden

1. to act like a tomboy [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoyden

howto
howtos
howve
howves
howzat
howzit
hox
hox gene
hox genes
hoxed
hoxes
hoxing
hoy
hoya
hoyas
hoyden (current term)
hoyden(a)
hoydened
hoydening
hoydenish
hoydenism
hoydens
hoyed
hoyin
hoying
hoyles
hoyman
hoymen
hoys
hp

Literary usage of Hoyden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... that she is not confined to females of a superior class ; she can descend occasionally to the country girl, the romp, the hoyden, and the chambermaid, ..."

2. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"hoyden. Now and for a long time since a clownish ill- bred girl; yet I cannot doubt that Skinner is right when he finds in it only another form of ' heathen ..."

3. A History of the Town of Industry: Franklin County, Maine, from the Earliest by William Collins Hatch (1893)
"The barracks where the troops were rendezvoused were near Mr. New- comb's house, and young hoyden was engaged as their drummer, lie was dressed in full ..."

4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"1175. To HOYT, or HOIT. To make a riotous noise. Hence hoity-toity, ¡nui, perhaps, hoyden. ... hoyden ..."

5. American Primary Teacher.Education (1897)
"Nature Study for March А С hoyden L'CO Nature Study for May and June A С hoyden 338 Nature Study for November A C1 hoyden " 99 Nature Study for October A ( ..."

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