hoydenish

hoy·den

H0306800 (hoid′n)n. A high-spirited, boisterous, or saucy girl.adj. High-spirited; boisterous.

---

[From earlier hoyden, a rude youth, probably from Dutch heiden, heathen, boor, from Middle Dutch; see kaito- in Indo-European roots.]

---

hoy′den·ish adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hoydenish - used of girls; wild and boisterous tomboyishunwomanly - not womanly; "the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly"

Translations