hoiden

hoiden is the alternative form of hoyden.

Meaning of hoyden

hoyden (plural hoydens)

(archaic) 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.1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers: In Three Volumes, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, OCLC 911659634; republished [London]: D. Campbell Publishers, 1992 (Everyman's Library...

hoiden (third-person singular simple present hoidens, present participle hoidening, simple past and past participle hoidened)

(archaic) To romp rudely or indecently.
- get a scratch, but we always discovered upon examining, that they had been hoidening with the young apprentices.January 1710, Jonathan Swift, Tatler Number 5

Noun
plural	hoidens
Adjective
comparative	more hoiden
superlative	most hoiden
Verb
third-person singular present	hoidens
present participle	hoidening
past participle	hoidened
past	hoidened

What does hoiden mean?: Hoiden means to romp rudely or indecently.
What is hoiden the alternative form of?: Hoiden is the alternative form of hoyden.
What part of speech is hoiden?: Hoiden is a verb.
What is the past tense of hoiden?: The past tense of hoiden is hoidened.

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