hoiden
English
Noun
hoiden (plural hoidens)
- Alternative form of hoyden.
Derived terms
Adjective
hoiden (comparative more hoiden, superlative most hoiden)
- Alternative form of hoyden.
Verb
hoiden (third-person singular simple present hoidens, present participle hoidening, simple past and past participle hoidened)
- (archaic) To romp rudely or indecently.
- January 1710, Jonathan Swift, Tatler Number 5
- 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
References
- “hoiden”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
hoiden
- genitive plural of hoo