释义 |
hoy·den I. \ˈhȯidən\ noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete Dutch heiden country lout, from Middle Dutch heidijn, heiden heathen, one that lives on a heath; akin to Old English hǣthen heathen — more at heathen 1. obsolete : a rude clownish youth 2. : a girl or woman of loud, boisterous, or carefree behavior : tomboy < dancing in public with a troop of country hoydens — Thomas Hardy > II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to act like a hoyden III. adjective of a girl : rude, ill-bred, roistering |