Associations to the word «Hoyden»
Wiktionary
HOYDEN, noun. (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
HOYDEN, adjective. Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.
Dictionary definition
HOYDEN, noun. A girl who behaves in a boyish manner.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.