hoydenish

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English hoyden Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English hoydenish From hoyden + -ish.

1. Somewhat hoyden.

   “...the money Lady Penryhn produced was as little as her services were great; she therefore, (guaranteed by a look from her grace) in a kind of mock-hoydenish manner, seized all the purses, emptied them into the auctioneer's hat, and declared that, as every one present had done their best, all were equal benefactors to the charity;...”

   “To his left sat two Hindu students. At his right there was Professor Hagen’s daughter, a hoydenish Drama major.”