HUSSY DEFINITIONS - 13 definitions found
hussy n 1: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop] hussy - rafaw hussy 1530, "mistress of a household, housewife," alt. of M.E. husewif, from huse "house" + wif "wife." Gradually broadened to mean "any woman or girl," and by 1650 was being applied to "a woman or girl who shows casual or improper behavior," and a general derogatory sense had overtaken the word by 19c. "It is common to use housewife in a good, and huswife or hussy in a bad sense." [Johnson] Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary hussy (hussies) If someone refers to a girl or woman as a hussy, they are criticizing her for behaving in a shocking or immoral way. (HUMOROUS, OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT [disapproval] English Explanatory Dictionary hussy ̈ɪˈhʌsɪ n. (pl. -ies) derog. an impudent or immoral girl or woman. [phonetic reduction of HOUSEWIFE (the orig. sense)] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue HUSSY An abbreviation of housewife, but now always used as a term of reproach; as, How now, hussy? or She is a light hussy. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Hussy \Hus"sy\, n. [Contr. fr. huswife.] 1. A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.] 2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach. --Grew. 3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely. --Goldsmith. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Hussy \Hus"sy\, n. [From Icel. h?si a case, prob. fr. h?s house. See House, and cf. Housewife a bag, Huswife a bag.] A case or bag. See Housewife, 2. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Housewife \House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.] 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. --Shak. He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden. 2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] --P. Skelton. 3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] --Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms hussy n. Jade, quean, base woman, sorry wench. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 53 Moby Thesaurus words for "hussy": Jezebel, bad woman, baggage, bitch, boldface, brazenface, broad, chippy, chutzpanik, clitoromaniac, cocotte, drab, easy lay, easy woman, floozy, frail sister, grisette, harridan, hysteromaniac, jade, jezebel, loose woman, malapert, minx, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, pickup, pup, puppy, quean, saucebox, slattern, slut, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty, smarty-pants, snip, strumpet, swaggerer, tart, tramp, trollop, trull, upstart, uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whippersnapper, whore, wise guy, wise-ass |
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