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hoyden

 
Dictionary: hoy·den   (hoid'n) pronunciation
 
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.]

hoydenish hoy'den·ish adj.
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woman of saucy, boisterous or carefree behavior
 
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IN BRIEF: A bold boisterous girl.

pronunciation She didn't care if she was called a hoyden when she chose to follow her dreams.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
  Synonyms: tomboy, romp


The adjective hoyden has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used of boisterous girls
  Synonyms: hoydenish, tomboyish


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vild pigebarn, vildkat
adj. - vilter, vild, kåd

Nederlands (Dutch)
wilde meid, stoeien

Français (French)
n. - garçon manqué
adj. - de garçon manqué, aux allures de garçon manqué, tapageur (cri)

Deutsch (German)
n. - ausgelassenes Mädchen, Wildfang
adj. - ausgelassen, wild

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγοροκόριτσο, τρελοκόριτσο

Italiano (Italian)
maschiaccio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - moça (f) estouvada como rapaz

Русский (Russian)
бесшабашная девушка, крикливая, бойкая

Español (Spanish)
n. - marimacho
adj. - marimacho

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - yrhätta, pojkflicka, vildkatta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
野丫头, 淘气姑娘, 淘气的, 吵闹的, 顽皮的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 野丫頭, 淘氣姑娘
adj. - 淘氣的, 吵鬧的, 頑皮的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말괄량이
adj. - 말괄량이의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 騒々しく無作法な
n. - おてんば娘
v. - おてんばにふるまう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) امرأة أو فتاة وقحه أو صخابه أو مستهترة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נערה פראית, גסה, נערה המתנהגת כנער‬
adj. - ‮גסה‬


 
 
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