hoyden
\ HOID-n \, noun;
1.a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
adjective:
1.boisterous; rude. Also, hoiden .
Quotes:
At seven Juliet was an elfish creature… A hoyden who cuffed her duller witted brothers impartially and cursed her parents with shocking fluency.
-- William Faulkner, "Adolescence," Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner , edited by Joseph Blotner, 1979
Miss Matilda, a strapping hoyden of about fourteen, with a short frock and trousers, shrugged her shoulders and made a slight grimace, but took a candle and proceeded before me, up the back stairs…
-- Anne Brontë, "Agnes Grey ," 1847
Origin:
Hoyden is of uncertain origin, though etymologists suggest it may be linked to the Dutch term heiden meaning "heathen." It entered English in the late 1500s.
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