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hoydenish

hoydenish adjective: somewhat hoyden.

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
    • To his left sat two Hindu students. At his right there was Professor Hagen’s daughter, a hoydenish Drama major.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 3.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 80

Forms of hoydenish

comparativemore hoydenish
superlativemost hoydenish

Origin of hoydenish

From hoyden + -ish.

Words formed from hoydenish

Questions about hoydenish

What does hoydenish mean?
Hoydenish means somewhat hoyden.
What part of speech is hoydenish?
Hoydenish is an adjective.

Words near hoydenish in the dictionary

  1. HoYay!
  2. hoyden
  3. hoydened
  4. hoydenhood
  5. hoydening
  6. hoydenish
  7. hoydenishly
  8. hoydenishness
  9. hoydenism
  10. hoydenisms
  11. hoydens

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