Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Word of the day - hoyden

A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
James Joyce has a rather larger active vocabulary than mine, it seems! I don't think women should generally be called hoydenish, but I suppose it's a fine word to have in rotation.

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