Good morning, all! I'm surprised the hoyden.org site since it gives the word a lesbian connotation and since it makes no mention of my first discovery of the word, Mlle Hoyden Tunbelly, in Vanbrugh's comedy THE RELAPSE of 1696. THE RELAPSE certainly contains no lesbian references, although the play does have a gay character, Coupler the marriage broker. When did the ladies make the word a butch reference?
Entry: hoy·den
Pronunciation: 'hoi-d &n
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from obsolete Dutch heiden country lout, from Middle Dutch, heathen; akin to Old English h[AE]then heathen
:a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior
This morning, I have to finish editing this Quadrille from BABES IN TOYLAND, after which I shall return home to perform some more brain work.
TOD:
All the President's Men
All the King's Men
Fahrenheit 9/11
Good Night and Good Luck
1776