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hoidened

hoidened is the simple past and past participle of hoiden.

Meaning of hoiden

Verb

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

  1. (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

Questions about hoidened

What is hoidened the simple past and past participle of?
Hoidened is the simple past and past participle of hoiden.

Words near hoidened in the dictionary

  1. hoicks
  2. hoid
  3. hoida
  4. Hoidal
  5. hoiden
  6. hoidened
  7. hoidenhood
  8. hoidening
  9. hoidenish
  10. hoidens
  11. Hoifung

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