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hoydenisms

hoydenisms is the plural of hoydenism.

Meaning of hoydenism

Noun

hoydenism (countable and uncountable, plural hoydenisms)

  1. The behaviour of a hoyden.
    • And there can be no doubt that there was in Miss Bronte a curious vein of recklessness, roughness, one might also say - hoydenism - that exists side by side with an exquisite delicacy and a true dignity, and is none the less Irish and Celtic for that.1899, Mary A. Ward, Life and works of the sisters Brontë, Introduction to Jane Eyre

Questions about hoydenisms

What is hoydenisms the plural of?
Hoydenisms is the plural of hoydenism.

Words near hoydenisms in the dictionary

  1. hoydening
  2. hoydenish
  3. hoydenishly
  4. hoydenishness
  5. hoydenism
  6. hoydenisms
  7. hoydens
  8. Hoye
  9. hoyed
  10. hoyer
  11. Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome

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