- hoyden
[hoyden 词源字典]
- hoyden: see heathen
[hoyden etymology, hoyden origin, 英语词源] - hoyden (n.)
- 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden "rustic, uncivilized man," from Middle Dutch heiden "heathen" (see heathen). Originally in English "rude, boorish fellow;" sense of "ill-bred, boisterous female" first recorded 1670s.