What does hussy mean?
Hussy means (obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper..
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/ˈhʌsi/ · noun
(obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper..
WIRTHIN. Well, I should think so! They just dote on that hussy—can't seem to get enough of her. Gretchen tells me so herself. And the care she takes of them!
She called him ‘pig’ in bastard Arabic, and he called her ‘hussy’ in good English, but these amenities were forgotten in the face of the catastrophe that had overwhelmed her at the hands of her Queen.
Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
But the girl didn’t like to, till her stepmother said: “Lift it up this instant, you hussy! Girls must keep their promises!”
Use hussy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hussy means (obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper..
Common synonyms include minx, housewife, jade, strumpet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
WIRTHIN. Well, I should think so! They just dote on that hussy—can't seem to get enough of her. Gretchen tells me so herself. And the care she takes of them!
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