hoyden

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.

   “She is a hoyden, one will say. At any rate she is not a lady, another will exclaim. I have suspected her all through, a third will declare; she has no idea of the dignity of a matron; or of the peculiar propriety which her position demands.”

2. sıfat Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.

   “Many of the country girls I met appeared to me pretty – that is, to have fine complexions, sparkling eyes, and a kind of arch, hoyden playfulness which distinguishes the village coquette.”

3. fiil To behave in a hoydenish manner.