Hoiden
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hoiden is a noun meaning Alternative form of hoyden.
Meaning
Alternative form of hoyden.
More Meanings
- (archaic) To romp rudely or indecently.
Example Sentences
get a scratch, but we always discovered upon examining, that they had been hoidening with the young apprentices.
Elfride saw her father then, and went away into the wind, being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope, in which gust she had the motions, without the motives, of a hoiden; the grace, without the self-consciousness, of a pirouetter.
Word Forms
- hoidens
- hoidening
- hoidened
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hoit, roust, roil, romp, hoist, roughhouse.
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