hoiden

H4O1I1D2E1N1

verb

To romp rudely or indecently.

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Meanings

nounhoiden (plural hoidens)

plural hoidens

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hoyden.

    Elfride saw her father then, and went away into the wind, being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope, in which gust she had the motions, without the motives, of a hoiden; the grace, without the self-consciousness, of a pirouetter.

    1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC
adjectivehoiden (comparative more hoiden, superlative most hoiden)

comparative more hoiden · superlative most hoiden

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hoyden.
verbhoiden (third-person singular simple present hoidens, present participle hoidening, simple past and past participle hoidened)

present singular third person hoidens · participle present hoidening · participle past hoidened · past hoidened

  1. archaicTo 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

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hoiden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoiden

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“hoiden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoiden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoiden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoiden.

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