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hoidenish

hoidenish is the rare spelling of hoydenish.

Meaning of hoydenish

Adjective

hoydenish (comparative more hoydenish, superlative most hoydenish)

  1. Somewhat hoyden.
    • ...the money Lady Penryhn produced was as little as her services were great; she therefore, (guaranteed by a look from her grace) in a kind of mock-hoydenish manner, seized all the purses, emptied them into the auctioneer's hat, and declared that, as every one present had done their best, all were...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 224

Forms of hoidenish

comparativemore hoidenish
superlativemost hoidenish

Questions about hoidenish

What is hoidenish the rare spelling of?
Hoidenish is the rare spelling of hoydenish.

Words near hoidenish in the dictionary

  1. Hoidal
  2. hoiden
  3. hoidened
  4. hoidenhood
  5. hoidening
  6. hoidenish
  7. hoidens
  8. Hoifung
  9. Hoigné's syndrome
  10. hoiho
  11. hoihos

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