adjective
- behaving in a boisterous, tomboyish, or unladylike manner; characterized by bold or rude conduct
Usage: archaic or literary; often used to describe girls or women who do not conform to traditional feminine behavior
Examples
- The hoydened girl preferred climbing trees to wearing dresses.
- Her hoydened behavior shocked the proper society ladies of the time.
- She was considered hoydened for laughing loudly and speaking her mind freely.
- The hoydened characters in the novel challenged Victorian expectations of femininity.